ISBN:
9780816641536
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (277 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Concubines and Power : Five Hundred Years in a Northern Nigerian Palace
DDC:
305.420966978
Keywords:
Concubinage ; Nigeria ; Kano
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Human geography ; Nigeria
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Kano (Nigeria) ; History
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Kano (Nigeria) ; Politics and government
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Women ; Nigeria ; Kano ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The palace of Kano, Nigeria historically housed hundreds of concubines whose influence has been largely overlooked. In Concubines and Power, Heidi J. Nast demonstrates how human-geographical methods can tell us about a place bereft of archaeological work or primary sources. Social forces undoubtedly shaped concubinage, but Nast shows how the women's reach extended beyond the palace walls to the formation of the state itself
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1. Grain Treasuries and Children: Royal Concubines in the 1500s and 1600s; 2. Fecundity, Indigo Dyeing, and the Gendering of Eunuchs; 3. Great Transformations: Expropriation and Fulani Rule; 4. Concubine Losses and Male Gains: Abdullahi dan Dabo; 5. British Colonial Abolition of Slavery and Concubinage; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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