Mother is gold, father is glass: gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town
Abstract
"Lorelle D. Semley explores the historical and political meanings of motherhood in West Africa and beyond, showing that the roles of women were far more complicated than previously thought. While in Kétou, Benin, Semley discovered that women were treasurers, advisors, ritual specialists, and colonial agents in addition to their more familiar roles as queens, wives, and sisters. These women with special influence made it difficult for the French and others to enforce an ideal of subordinate women. As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear why powerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everyday practices"--Provided by publisher.
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Themen
Women, Women, Yoruba, Mothers, Sex role, Femmes, Femmes yoruba, Mères, Rôle selon le sexe, Manners and customs, History, Political activity, Histoire, Activité politique, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Benin, Kétou, Africa, West, Bénin, Afrique occidentale
Sprachen
Englisch
Verlag
Indiana University Press
ISBN
9780253004888, 0253004888, 9780253355454, 0253355451, 9780253222534, 0253222532
Seiten
xvi, 235
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