Mother is gold, father is glass [[electronic resource] ] : gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town / / Lorelle D. Semley |
Autore | Semley Lorelle D. <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-97582-X
9786612975820 0-253-00488-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459180103321 |
Semley Lorelle D. <1969-> | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mother is gold, father is glass [[electronic resource] ] : gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town / / Lorelle D. Semley |
Autore | Semley Lorelle D. <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
1-282-97582-X
9786612975820 0-253-00488-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785314003321 |
Semley Lorelle D. <1969-> | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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