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Invention Of Women: Making An African Sense Of Western Gender Discourses
Oyeronke Oyewumi
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Invention Of Women: Making An African Sense Of Western Gender Discourses
Oyeronke Oyewumi
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.
240 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 1, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780816624416 |
| Publishers | University of Minnesota Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 227 × 13 mm · 392 g |
| Language | English |
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