Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in an African society

by Ifi Amadiume

Other authorsPatricia Caplan (Author Of Introduction, Etc.)
Ebook, 2015

Original publication date

1987

Publication

London : Zed Books, 2015.

ISBN

9781783603336

Notes

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
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