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

• 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
• ISBN: 1-283-21124-6; 9786613211248; 0-8122-0077-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807147303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II