Africa After Gender?Catherine M. Cole, Takyiwaa Manuh, Stephan Miescher Indiana University Press, 2007 - 328 pages Gender is one of the most productive, dynamic, and vibrant areas of Africanist research today. But what is the meaning of gender in an African context? Why does gender usually connote women? Why has gender taken hold in Africa when feminism hasn't? Is gender yet another Western construct that has been applied to Africa however ill-suited and riddled with assumptions? Africa After Gender? looks at Africa now that gender has come into play to consider how the continent, its people, and the term itself have changed. Leading Africanist historians, anthropologists, literary critics, and political scientists move past simple dichotomies, entrenched debates, and polarizing identity politics to present an evolving discourse of gender. They show gender as an applied rather than theoretical tool and discuss themes such as the performance of sexuality, lesbianism, women's political mobilization, the work of gendered NGOs, and the role of masculinity in a gendered world. For activists, students, and scholars, this book reveals a rich and cross-disciplinary view of the status of gender in Africa today. Contributors are Hussaina J. Abdullah, Nwando Achebe, Susan Andrade, Eileen Boris, Catherine M. Cole, Paulla A. Ebron, Eileen Julien, Lisa A. Lindsay, Adrienne MacIain, Takyiwaa Manuh, Stephan F. Miescher, Helen Mugambi, Gay Seidman, Sylvia Tamale, Bridget Teboh, Lynn M. Thomas, and Nana Wilson-Tagoe. |
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... groups in urban areas - especially groups that include middle - class Africans and white feminists - the commission turned away from precisely those groups most likely to support a feminist ap- proach and toward groups of women much ...
... groups such as the Zaria group , the PRP Group , and the Ife - Socialist forum ( Ab- dullah 1994 ) . All of these were concerned with defining the way forward to a free and democratic society devoid of exploitation and oppression . It ...
... groups became more organized and vigilant in the adultery cases against Hussani Tungar and Lawal . In association with civil society groups , women's groups assembled a team of lawyers to defend the victims within the Shari'a code of ...
Contents
Unveiling Sexuality Discourses | 17 |
Representation versus Mobilization | 30 |
Placing Schoolgirl Pregnancies | 48 |
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