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Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa
Discourses, Practices, and Policies
Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa
Discourses, Practices, and Policies
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A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title
Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa: Discourses, Practices, and Policies examines the entrenchment of patriarchy in Africa and its attendant socioeconomic and political consequences on gender relations. The contributors analyze the historical and modern ways in which gender expectations have enabled women in African societies to be systematically abused and marginalized, from unpaid labor to poor representation in decision-making areas. Exploring regions such as rural Uganda, the suburbs of Zimbabwe, the Gold Coast, South Africa, and Nigeria, contributors incorporate a wide range of academic theories and disciplines to establish the need for improved policy implementation on gender issues at both the local and national government levels in Africa.
Table of Contents
Egodi Uchendu and Ngozi Edeagu
Part I Gender Discourse and Domination
Chapter 1: “Black Peril, White Peril?” Challenging Racialized Gender Hierarchies in Early 20th Century South Africa
Claudia Berger
Chapter 2: Isoken: An Exploration of Differential Enjoyment of Rights and Dignity
Ezinne Ezepue
Chapter 3: Challenging Patriarchy: East African Women's Knowledge Systems
Catherine Cymone Fourshey and Marla L. Jaksch
Chapter 4: “l Paid Lobola!” The Interface between Bride Price and Domestic Violence: A Case Study of Epworth, 2007-2017
Tasara Muguti and Nyasha Mlambo
Chapter 5: The Interconnection between Youth Gangs, Toxic Masculinity, and Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
G. Nokukhanya Ndhlovu and Pius T. Tanga
Chapter 6: Structuration Theory and Patriarchy System in Africa: The Silent and the Salient in a Lifeless Structure
Samuel O. Okafor
Part II Women, Work and Exploitation
Chapter 7: Patriarchy and Cultural Values in 19th and 20th Century Ghana
Val
Product details
| Published | Aug 26 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 352 |
| ISBN | 9781793642059 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 13 b/w illustrations; 9 tables; |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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