The invention of women : making an African sense of Western gender discourses / Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí.

The invention of women : making an African sense of Western gender discourses /

"The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western construction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures." "Oyewumi traces...

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Main Author: Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
Women, Yoruba > Social conditions.
Women, Yoruba > History.
Philosophy, Yoruba.
Sex role > Nigeria.
Human body > Social aspects > Nigeria.
Sex differences.
Sex Characteristics
Electronic books.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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