What Gender is Motherhood Changing Yor b Ideals of Power Procreation and Identity in the Age o
by [Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́]
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In this book, Oyěwùmí extends her path-breaking thesis that in Yorùbá society, construction of gender is a colonial development since the culture exhibited no gender divisions in its original form. Taking seriously indigenous modes and categories of knowledge, she applies her finding of a non-gendered ontology to the social institutions of Ifá, motherhood, marriage, family and naming practices. Oyěwùmí insists that contemporary assertions of male dominance must be understood, in part, as the work of local intellectuals who took marching orders from Euro/American mentors and colleagues. In exposing the depth of the coloniality of power, Oyěwùmí challenges us to look at the worlds we inhabit, anew.
Product Details
- Palgrave Macmillan Brand
- Dec 9, 2015 Pub Date:
- 9781349580514 ISBN-13:
- 1349580511 ISBN-10:
- 275.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.5 in * 0.64 in * 5.51 in Dimensions:
- 2 lb Weight:
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