Original publication date
1987
Publication
London : Zed Books, 2015.
ISBN
9781783603336
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CONTENTS
Foreword to the Critique Influence Change Edition
Preface to the Critique Influence Change Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: The 19th Century
1. Gender and Economy
2. Women, Wealth, Titles and power
3. Gender and Political Organization
4. The Politics of Motherhood: Women and the Ideology-Making Process
5. The Ideology of Gender
6. Ritual and Gender
PART II: The Colonial Period
7. Colonialism and the Erosion of Women's Power
8. The Erosion of Women's Power
PART III: The Post-Independence Period
9. The Marginalisation of women's Position
10. Wealth, Titles and Motherhood
11. The Female Element in Other Igbo Societies
12. Gender, Class and Female Solidarity
13. Conclusion
Appendixes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Foreword to the Critique Influence Change Edition
Preface to the Critique Influence Change Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: The 19th Century
1. Gender and Economy
2. Women, Wealth, Titles and power
3. Gender and Political Organization
4. The Politics of Motherhood: Women and the Ideology-Making Process
5. The Ideology of Gender
6. Ritual and Gender
PART II: The Colonial Period
7. Colonialism and the Erosion of Women's Power
8. The Erosion of Women's Power
PART III: The Post-Independence Period
9. The Marginalisation of women's Position
10. Wealth, Titles and Motherhood
11. The Female Element in Other Igbo Societies
12. Gender, Class and Female Solidarity
13. Conclusion
Appendixes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index