THE INVENTION OF WOMEN by Oyeronke Oyewumi ( 9780816624416 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE INVENTION OF WOMEN
MAKING AN AFRICAN SENSE OF WESTERN GENDER DISCOURSES

By:

Oyeronke Oyewumi

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0816624410

ISBN 13:

9780816624416

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 October, 1997

Pages:

240

Description:

The author traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. THE INVENTION OF WOMEN demonstrates that biology as a rationale for organizing the social world is a Western construction not applicable in Yoruban culture where social organization was determined by relative age.

Synopsis:

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 contruction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures. Oyewumi traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. Her analysis shows the paradoxical nature of two fundamental assumptions of feminist theory: that gender is socially constructed in old Yoruba society, and that social organization was determined by relative age.

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University of Minnesota Press

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