Format:
XXIII, 229 S.
Edition:
5. print.
ISBN:
978-0-8166-2440-9
,
978-0-8166-2441-6
Content:
"The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western contruction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures." "Oyewumi traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. Her analysis shows the paradoxical nature of two fundamental assumptions of feminist theory: that gender is socially constructed in old Yoruba society, and that social organization was determined by relative age."--BOOK JACKET.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Yoruba
;
Frau
;
Soziale Situation
;
Yoruba
;
Geschlechterrolle
