Yoruba women, work, and social change / Marjorie Keniston McIntosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Yoruba--Nigeria--Social conditions--19th century.

Women, Yoruba.

Women, Yoruba--Nigeria--Social conditions--20th century.

Women, Yoruba--Employment--Nigeria--History--19th century.

Women, Yoruba--Employment--Nigeria--History--20th century.

History.

Social conditions.

Nigeria--History--19th century.

Nigeria.

Nigeria--History--1900-1960.

Physical Description:

xiv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]

Summary:

The Yoruba, one of the largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria, are noted for the economic activity, confidence, and authority of their women. Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change traces the history of women in Yorubaland from around 1820 to 1960 and Nigerian independence. Integrating fresh material from local court records and four decades of existing scholarship, Marjorie Keniston McIntosh shows how and why women's roles and status changed during the nineteenth century and the colonial era. McIntosh emphasizes connections between their duties within the household, their income-generating work, and their responsibilities in religious, cultural, social, and political contexts. She highlights the forms of patriarchy found within Yorubaland and explores the impact of Christianity, colonialism, and international capitalism. This keen and insightful work offers a unique view of Yoruba women's initiative, adaptability, and skill at working in groups.

Contents:

Opening

Sources and questions

Yorubaland, 1820-1893

Colonial Yorubaland, 1893-1960

Family and marriage

Labor, property, and agriculture

Income-generating activities in the nineteenth century

New approaches to familiar roles during the colonial period

Western skills and service careers

Religion, cultural forms, and associations

Regents and chiefs, economic organizations, and politics

Patriarchy, colonialism, and women's agency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-320) and index.

ISBN:

9780253352798

0253352797

9780253220547

0253220548

OCLC:

244567165