Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa

Discourses, Practices, and Policies

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleNegotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa: Discourses, Practices, and Policies examines the entrenchment of patriarchy in Africa and its attendant socioeconomic and political consequences on gender relations. The contributors analyze the historical and modern ways in which gender expectations have enabled women in African societies to be systematically abused and marginalized, from unpaid labor to poor representation in decision-making areas. Exploring regions such as rural Uganda, the suburbs of Zimbabwe, the Gold Coast, South Africa, and Nigeria, contributors incorporate a wide range of academic theories and disciplines to establish the need for improved policy implementation on gender issues at both the local and national government levels in Africa.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-29
Mått154 x 223 x 21 mm
Vikt562 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793642066

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IntroductionEgodi Uchendu and Ngozi Edeagu Part I Gender Discourse and DominationChapter 1: “Black Peril, White Peril?” Challenging Racialized Gender Hierarchies in Early 20th Century South AfricaClaudia Berger Chapter 2: Isoken: An Exploration of Differential Enjoyment of Rights and DignityEzinne Ezepue Chapter 3: Challenging Patriarchy: East African Women’s Knowledge Systems Catherine Cymone Fourshey and Marla L. Jaksch Chapter 4: “l Paid Lobola!” The Interface between Bride Price and Domestic Violence: A Case Study of Epworth, 2007-2017Tasara Muguti and Nyasha Mlambo Chapter 5: The Interconnection between Youth Gangs, Toxic Masculinity, and Gender-Based Violence in South AfricaG. Nokukhanya Ndhlovu and Pius T. Tanga Chapter 6: Structuration Theory and Patriarchy System in Africa: The Silent and the Salient in a Lifeless StructureSamuel O. Okafor Part II Women, Work and ExploitationChapter 7: Patriarchy and Cultural Values in 19th and 20th Century GhanaVal

This text is a major contribution to women’s studies in Africa and elsewhere.Scholars from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the US are among the authors that Uchendu and Edeagu have brought together in this illuminating, scholarly, multidimensional, and multidisciplinary work. Over four sections—"Gender Discourse and Domination"; "Women, Work, and Exploitation"; "Women in Power and Male Dominance"; and "Policy Implementation"—the contributing authors examine patriarchal structures of dominance and systemic hindrances to full equality. They find that institutionalized patriarchy has been the norm in various spheres, including everyday speech, and has been reflected in film, literature, and politics…. Projects such as the Kenyan Dads and Daughters and mechanisms such as the Maputo Protocol are among the harbingers of hope discussed in the collection. Highly recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.