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Readings in Gender in Africa collects the most important critical andtheoretical writings on how gender issues have transformed contemporary views ofAfrica. Scholarship from North America, Europe, and Africa is represented in thiscomprehensive volume. A synthetic introduction by Andrea Cornwall discusses effortsto include women in research about Africa. The volume not only shows how genderrelations have been constructed on the African continent but reflects the changes inapproach and inquiry that have been brought about as scholars consider genderidentities and difference in their work. Specific themes covered here include thecontestation and representation of gender, femininity and masculinity, livelihoodsand lifeways, gender and religion, gender and culture, and gender and governance.Readers from across the landscape of African studies will find this an essentialsourcebook. Published in association with the InternationalAfrican Institute, London

Book details

• Full title: Readings in Gender in Africa
• Author: Andrea Cornwall
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 247
• EAN: 9780253217400
• ISBN: 0253217407
• ID: 11361779
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Weight: 513 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 204 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: February 2005

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