Description
| Product ID: | 9781349580514 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora |
| Title: | What Gender is Motherhood? |
| Subtitle: | Changing Yoruba Ideals of Power, Procreation, and Identity in the Age of Modernity |
| Authors: | Author: Oyeronke Oyewumi |
| Page Count: | 262 |
| Subjects: | Cultural studies, Cultural studies, Media studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Sociology, Media studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Sociology |
| Description: | In this book, Oyewùmí extends her path-breaking thesis that in Yorùbá society, construction of gender is a colonial development since the culture exhibited no gender divisions in its original form. In this book, Oyěwùmí extends her path-breaking thesis that in Yorùbá society, construction of gender is a colonial development since the culture exhibited no gender divisions in its original form. Taking seriously indigenous modes and categories of knowledge, she applies her finding of a non-gendered ontology to the social institutions of Ifá, motherhood, marriage, family and naming practices. Oyěwùmí insists that contemporary assertions of male dominance must be understood, in part, as the work of local intellectuals who took marching orders from Euro/American mentors and colleagues. In exposing the depth of the coloniality of power, Oyěwùmí challenges us to look at the worlds we inhabit, anew. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-12-09 |
