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African feminism : the politics of survival in sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by Gwendolyn Mikell



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Titolo: African feminism : the politics of survival in sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by Gwendolyn Mikell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , c1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 pages)
Disciplina: 305.42/0967
Soggetto topico: Women in development - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Feminism - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Women - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Social conditions
Persona (resp. second.): MikellGwendolyn
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Legal interactions in the domestic realm -- pt. 2. Economic change, political economy, and women's lives -- pt. 3. Surviving crisis in the community.
Sommario/riassunto: African feminism, this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960's. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or variation and choice within human sexuality, nor with debates about essentialism, the female body, or the discourse of patriarchy. The feminism that is slowly emerging in Africa is distinctly heterosexual, pronatal, and concerned with "bread, butter, and power" issues. Contributors present case studies of ten African states, demonstrating that—as they fight for access to land, for the right to own property, for control of food distribution, for living wages and safe working conditions, for health care, and for election reform—African women are creating a powerful and specifically African feminism.
Titolo autorizzato: AFRICAN Feminism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-21124-6
9786613211248
0-8122-0077-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781887403321
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