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Semley Lorelle D. <1969-> |
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Mother is gold, father is glass [[electronic resource] ] : gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town / / Lorelle D. Semley |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-97582-X |
9786612975820 |
0-253-00488-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mothers - Political activity - Africa, West - History |
Sex role - Africa, West - History |
Women - Benin - Kétou - History |
Women, Yoruba - Political activity - History |
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Africa, West History 1884-1960 |
Kétou (Benin) History |
Kétou (Benin) Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": power and vulnerability in Atlantic Africa -- Founding fathers and metaphorical mothers: history, myth, and the making of a kingdom -- How kings lost their mothers: politics of the Atlantic slave trade -- Giving away Ketu's secret: wives on the eve of war -- "Where women really matter": the "queens" of Ketu and the challenge to French imperialism -- "Without family-- there is no true colonization": perspectives on marriage -- "The opening of the eyes": the politics of manhood on the eve of independence -- Mothers and fathers of an Atlantic world -- Epilogue. A rebirth of "public mothers" and kings. |
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