9780816624416-0816624410-The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses

The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses

ISBN-13: 9780816624416
ISBN-10: 0816624410
Edition: First Edition
Author: Oyeronke Oyewumi
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780816624416
ISBN-10: 0816624410
Edition: First Edition
Author: Oyeronke Oyewumi
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses (ISBN-13: 9780816624416 and ISBN-10: 0816624410), written by authors Oyeronke Oyewumi, was published by University of Minnesota Press in 1997. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Linguistics (Words, Language & Grammar , Social Sciences, Women's Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Linguistics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $6.25.

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The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western contruction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures.
Oyewumi traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. Her analysis shows the paradoxical nature of two fundamental assumptions of feminist theory: that gender is socially constructed in old Yoruba society, and that social organization was determined by relative age.

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