ISBN:
0812233492
,
081221580X
,
9780812215809
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 361 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version African Feminism : The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa
DDC:
305.42/0967
Keywords:
Women Social conditions
;
Feminism
;
Women in development
;
Feminism ; Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Women ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Social conditions
;
Women in development ; Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Legal Interactions in the Domestic Realm -- 1. Changing the Meaning of Marriage: Women and Family Law in Côte d'Ivoire -- 2. Wives, Children, and Intestate Succession in Ghana -- 3. Pleas for Domestic Relief: Akan Women and Family Courts -- Part II. Economic Change, Political Economy, and Women's Lives -- 4. Swazi Women Workers in Cottage Industries and Factories -- 5. Alcohol and Politics in Urban Zambia: The Intersection of Gender and Class -- 6. Women's Roles in Settlement and Resettlement in Mali -- 7. Ethiopian Rural Women and the State -- 8. Women and Grassroots Politics in Abidjan, Côte d'lvoire -- 9. Kenyan Women in Politics and Public Decision Making -- Part III. Surviving Crisis in the Community -- 10. "Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling": Women's Networks and Survival Imperatives in Tshunyane, South Africa -- 11. Technology and the Fuel Crisis: Adjustment among Women in Northern Nigeria -- 12. Swazi Traditional Healers, Role Transformation, and Gender -- 13. AIDS, Gender, and Sexuality during Africa's Economic Crisis -- Conclusions: Theorizing and Strategizing about African Women and State Crisis -- Appendix -- Table A.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Male-Female Data -- Table A.2. Economic Activity by Sector and Sex -- Table A.3. Sub-Saharan Africa Socioeconomic Data -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Legal Interactions in the Domestic Realm""; ""1. Changing the Meaning of Marriage: Women and Family Law in Côte d'Ivoire""; ""2. Wives, Children, and Intestate Succession in Ghana""; ""3. Pleas for Domestic Relief: Akan Women and Family Courts""; ""Part II. Economic Change, Political Economy, and Women's Lives""; ""4. Swazi Women Workers in Cottage Industries and Factories""; ""5. Alcohol and Politics in Urban Zambia: The Intersection of Gender and Class""
Description / Table of Contents:
""6. Women's Roles in Settlement and Resettlement in Mali""""7. Ethiopian Rural Women and the State""; ""8. Women and Grassroots Politics in Abidjan, Côte d'lvoire""; ""9. Kenyan Women in Politics and Public Decision Making""; ""Part III. Surviving Crisis in the Community""; ""10. ""Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling"": Women's Networks and Survival Imperatives in Tshunyane, South Africa""; ""11. Technology and the Fuel Crisis: Adjustment among Women in Northern Nigeria""; ""12. Swazi Traditional Healers, Role Transformation, and Gender""
Description / Table of Contents:
""13. AIDS, Gender, and Sexuality during Africa's Economic Crisis""""Conclusions: Theorizing and Strategizing about African Women and State Crisis""; ""Appendix""; ""Table A.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Male-Female Data""; ""Table A.2. Economic Activity by Sector and Sex""; ""Table A.3. Sub-Saharan Africa Socioeconomic Data""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Name Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""
Description / Table of Contents:
""G""""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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