Mother is gold, father is glass [[electronic resource] ] : gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town / / Lorelle D. Semley

• Autore: Semley Lorelle D. <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.420966
• Soggetto topico: Mothers - Political activity - Africa, West - History; Sex role - Africa, West - History; Women - Benin - Kétou - History; Women, Yoruba - Political activity - History
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, West History 1884-1960; Kétou (Benin) History; Kétou (Benin) Social life and customs
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mother is gold, father is glass
• ISBN: 1-282-97582-X; 9786612975820; 0-253-00488-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785314003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II