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AFRICA AFTER GENDER?
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| By: |
Catherine M. Cole (Editor), Takyiwaa Manuh (Editor), Stephan F. Miescher (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£58.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253348161 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253348166 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 February, 2007 |
| Pages: |
344 |
| Description: |
Gender is one of the most productive, dynamic, and vibrant areas of Africanist research. This work contains essays on how gender works in Africa. It shows gender as an applied rather than theoretical tool. It discusses themes such as the performance of sexuality, lesbianism, women's political mobilization, the work of gendered NGOs, and more. |
| Synopsis: |
Gender is one of the most productive, dynamic, and vibrant areas of Africanist research today. But what is the meaning of gender in an African context? Why does gender usually connote women? Why has gender taken hold in Africa when feminism hasn't? Is gender yet another Western construct that has been applied to Africa however ill-suited and riddled with assumptions? "Africa After Gender?" looks at Africa, now that gender has come into play to consider how the continent, its people, and the term itself have changed. Leading Africanist historians, anthropologists, literary critics, and political scientists move past simple dichotomies, entrenched debates, and polarizing identity politics to present an evolving discourse of gender. They show gender as an applied rather than theoretical tool and discuss themes such as the performance of sexuality, lesbianism, women's political mobilization, the work of gendered NGOs, and the role of masculinity in a gendered world. For activists, students, and scholars, this book reveals a rich and cross-disciplinary view of the status of gender in Africa today. Catherine M.Cole is Associate Professor of Dramatic Art and Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is author of "Ghana's Concert Party Theatre" (IUP, 2001). Takyiwaa Manuh is Professor of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, and serves as Director of the Institute of African Studies. Stephan F. Miescher is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of "Making Men in Ghana" (IUP, 2005). |
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US |
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Indiana University Press |
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