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Negotiating patriarchy and gender in Africa : discourses, practices, and policies /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Uchendu, Egodi (Editor), Edeagu, Ngozi, 1977- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
Subjects:
Male domination (Social structure) > Africa.
Sex discrimination against women > Africa.
Patriarchy > Africa.
Women's rights > Africa.
Women > Africa > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Egodi Uchendu and Ngozi Edeagu
  • "Black Peril, White Peril?" Challenging Racialized Gender Hierarchies in Early 20th Century South Africa / Claudia Berger
  • Isoken: An Exploration of Differential Enjoyment of Rights and Dignity / Ezinne Ezepue
  • Challenging Patriarchy: East African Women's Knowledge Systems / Catherine Cymone Fourshey and Marla L. Jaksch
  • "l Paid Lobola!" The Interface between Bride Price and Domestic Violence: A Case Study of Epworth, 2007-2017 / Tasara Muguti and Nyasha Mlambo
  • The Interconnection between Youth Gangs, Toxic Masculinity, and Gender-Based Violence in South Africa / G. Nokukhanya Ndhlovu and Pius T. Tanga
  • Structuration Theory and Patriarchy System in Africa: The Silent and the Salient in a Lifeless Structure / Samuel O. Okafor
  • Patriarchy and Cultural Values in 19th and 20th Century Ghana / Valerie Delali Adjoh-Davoh
  • Patriarchy, Inequality, and Housework: An Assessment of Sefi Atta's Everything Good Will Come / Joyce Agofure
  • Women as Composers in Nollywood: Evidence of Absence or Absence of Evidence? / Emaeyak Peter Slyvanus
  • An Analysis of Gender Roles around Water and Sanitation in Rural Uganda / Christiana Smyrilli
  • Patriarchy, Gender, and Deliberative Democracy: How Does it Play Out in the Ugandan Parliament? / Muzee Hannah and Joyce Bayande M. Endeley
  • New Dimensions to Discrimination against Party Women and Women in Power / Victor Chidubem Iwuoha
  • Silence and Power in Yejide Kilanko's Daughters Who Walk This Path / Nneoma Onwuegbuchi
  • Becoming Man, Becoming Kola Nut: Rite of Passage in Abani's GraceLand / Ali Zamanpour
  • Transitional Justice, Sexual Violence, and Women's Status in Africa / ElsabĂ© Boshoff and Louise du Toit
  • UN Women and the Pitfalls of Gender Equality and Representation in Nigeria / Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
  • Rendered as Political Pawns: Chibok Girls, Ebola, and the Exercise of Political Will / April Petillo and Jane Eggers
  • "To be Introduced by my Daughter is a Blessing": Building Rapport between Dads and Daughters to Reduce Early Marriage in Migori County, Kenya / Paula Tavrow, Sixtus Kennedy Otieno and Elias Muindi
  • Gender Imbalance and Girl Child Education in Niger State, North-Central Nigeria / Olawale Isaac Yemisi.