ISBN:
978-1-350-33380-2
,
1-350-33380-8
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 229 Seiten ;
,
24 cm.
Parallel Title:
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Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.48/896332
Keywords:
Women, Igbo / Social conditons
;
Women, Igbo / Political activity
;
Matriarchy / Nigeria
;
Social justice / Nigeria
;
Social structure / Nigeria
;
Sex role / Nigeria
;
Femmes ibo / Activité politique
;
Matriarcat / Nigeria
;
Justice sociale / Nigeria
;
Structure sociale / Nigeria
;
Rôle selon le sexe / Nigeria
;
Ibo
;
Geschlechterrolle.
;
Soziale Gerechtigkeit.
;
Sozialstruktur.
;
Frau.
;
Matriarchat.
;
Nigeria.
;
Ibo
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
;
Sozialstruktur
;
Frau
;
Matriarchat
Abstract:
"In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Admadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations, and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation and resistance. Representing the culmination of over 40 years of ground-breaking work on notions of matriarchy at the intersection of the Igbo-African universe and the Western capitalist reality, Amadiume sets forth a blueprint for a bold new matriarchitarianism, critiquing all forms of social injustice with a shared matriarchal-relational humanism. In each chapter of the book, Amadiume applies these principles to a dazzling array of subjects: from religious leadership, kinship and family relations, to sexuality, creative writing and matters of conscience in race, class and gender. African Possibilities explodes our notions of matriarchy into original and compelling arguments, and offers a radical alternative approach to the world's entrenched injustices"--
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