02848nam 2200685Ia 450 991045918010332120200520144314.01-282-97582-X97866129758200-253-00488-8(CKB)2670000000061926(OCoLC)695996375(CaPaEBR)ebrary10437991(SSID)ssj0000459255(PQKBManifestationID)11299959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459255(PQKBWorkID)10460957(PQKB)10093899(MiAaPQ)EBC624332(OCoLC)712996511(MdBmJHUP)muse1839(Au-PeEL)EBL624332(CaPaEBR)ebr10437991(CaONFJC)MIL297582(OCoLC)694729261(EXLCZ)99267000000006192620100521d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMother is gold, father is glass[electronic resource] gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town /Lorelle D. SemleyBloomington Indiana University Press20101 online resource (257 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-253-35545-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.MothersPolitical activityAfrica, WestHistorySex roleAfrica, WestHistoryWomenBeninKétouHistoryWomen, YorubaPolitical activityHistoryAfrica, WestHistory1884-1960Kétou (Benin)HistoryKétou (Benin)Social life and customsElectronic books.MothersPolitical activityHistory.Sex roleHistory.WomenHistory.Women, YorubaPolitical activityHistory.305.420966Semley Lorelle D.1969-854117MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459180103321Mother is gold, father is glass1907274UNINA