ISBN:
9780299321109
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9780299321147
Language:
English
Pages:
384 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Women in Africa and the diaspora
DDC:
305.4096
Keywords:
Women Social conditions
;
Women Economic conditions
;
Women Political activity
;
Frau
;
Bedeutung
;
Rolle
;
Politische Beteiligung
;
Partizipation
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Afrika
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Part I. Representations of and by African women
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Front and center on the global stage : African women in contemporary novels
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Contrasting visions : filmic representations of African women
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Part II. Religion and politics
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Politico-religious systems and African women's power
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Colonialism and resistance : protests and national liberation movements
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Religious fundamentalisms and women in contemporary Africa
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African women organize
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Women and politics in Africa
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Part III. Economy and society
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African women in the real economy : prehistoric, precolonial, colonial, and contemporary transitions
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Women and slavery : changes and continuities
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Education for African girls : still striving for equality
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Urbanizing women : merging the personal, political, and spatial
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Women and the new African diaspora
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Part IV. Love, marriage, and women's bodies, past and present
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Love, marriage and families in Africa
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Gender and sexuality : gradations, contestations
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Violence against women : households, wars, refugees, and resistance
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African women and health : evolving challenges
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Coda: Transforming visions
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