African feminism : the politics of survival in sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Gwendolyn Mikell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mikell, Gwendolyn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in development--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Women in development.

Feminism--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Feminism.

Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1997.

Summary:

African feminism, this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960's. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or variation and choice within human sexuality, nor with debates about essentialism, the female body, or the discourse of patriarchy. The feminism that is slowly emerging in Africa is distinctly heterosexual, pronatal, and concerned with "bread, butter, and power" issues. Contributors present case studies of ten African states, demonstrating that—as they fight for access to land, for the right to own property, for control of food distribution, for living wages and safe working conditions, for health care, and for election reform—African women are creating a powerful and specifically African feminism.

Contents:

pt. 1. Legal interactions in the domestic realm

pt. 2. Economic change, political economy, and women's lives

pt. 3. Surviving crisis in the community.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613211248

9781283211246

1283211246

9780812200775

0812200772

OCLC:

607687503