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Introduction to gender studies in Eastern and Southern Africa
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CONDITIONS THAT HAVE GIVEN RISE TO GROWTH OF WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES PROGRAMS IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES; INTRODUCING THE CONTENT; REFERENCES; SECTION 1: THEORY AND RESEARCH; 1. QUO VADIS WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES IN AFRICA?: Assessing the Activism/Academy Association; ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES; METHODOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS; BRIEF CASE STUDIES; Quo Vadis/Whither Women's Studies?; Some Strategies and Way Forward; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES
2. WOMEN AND SOCIETY IN FEMALE AUTHORED SHORT STORIES AND POEMS FROM NAMIBIA: The Dimensions of Oppression and ViolenceINTRODUCTION; PURPOSE OF THE STUDY; BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON NAMIBIA; ANALYSIS; Violence; Human Rights; Oppression; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3. LOCAL CONTEXTS, LOCAL THEORY: Revisiting Standpoint Theory through Situated Ethnographic Vignettes; INTRODUCTION; VIGNETTE: THE (AFRICAN) FEMALE BODY AND 'WORK'; Background& VIGNETTE: THE AFRICAN FEMALE BODY AND WORK (AND SEXUALITY?) IN TOURISM; Background& Introducing Pumi; Introduci
VIGNETTE: FEMALE AFRICAN BODIES IN CHURCHBackground...; STANDPOINT AND SITUATED VANTAGES; BLACK FEMINISM AND AFRICAN FEMINISM, ENTANGLEMENT AND PRIVILEGE; STANDPOINT THEORY AND AFRICAN FEMINISM: EPISTEMIC PRIVILEGE?; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 4. REINFORCEMENT OR TRANSFORMATION: A Feminist Critique of the Representation of Women in Two Popular South African Television Dramas; PROLOGUE; AN OVERVIEW OF MUVHANGO AND GENERATIONS: THE LEGACY; CONTEXTUALIZING WOMEN IN MUVHANGO AND GENERATIONS: THE LEGACY; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; SECTION 2: GENDER, CULTURE AND POWER
5. WOMEN AS MEDIATORS IN SOUTH AFRICAINTRODUCTION; MEDIATORS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE; SUGGESTIONS; REFERENCES; 6. AFRICAN MARRIAGES IN TRANSFORMATION: Anthropological Insights; THREE METANARRATIVES OF AFRICAN MARRIAGE: STABILITY, DESTRUCTION AND CHANGE; Stability; Destruction; Change; PLURALITY AND DYNAMIC OF AFRICAN MARRIAGES; DECLINING MARRIAGE RATES; CONCLUSION: TOO POOR TO MARRY; NOTES; REFERENCES; 7. LGBTI RIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES IN THREE SOUTHERN AFRICAN NATIONS; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND OF LGBTI ISSUES; Factors Impacting LTGBI Identity
Religious IssuesCulture Issues; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; LGBTI RIGHTS AND EXPERIENCE IN BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND; Botswana; South Africa; Swaziland; METHODOLOGY; LIMITATIONS OF DATA; RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION; Background Information of the Research Population Who Completed the Pre and/or Post-Workshop Questionnaires; Baseline Knowledge of Research Population Who Completed the Pre and/or Post-Workshop Questionnaires; Questions Exploring Beliefs about LGBTI Issues; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; SECTION 3: GENDER AND EDUCATION