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Patriarchy and Gender in Africa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fynn, Veronica P., 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patriarchy--Africa.
- Patriarchy.
- Women--Africa--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Africa.
- Social conditions.
- Africa--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Patriarchy and Gender in Africa
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Overview
- HerStory: Respecting Our Trailblazers
- Overview of Volume Contents
- References
- Chapter 1
- The Past Before Us
- Illustrative Gender Audit
- Liberia's Experience: Expository Overview
- Engendering Power
- Discourses of Patriarchy
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 2
- Intersectionality, Women's Rights in Africa, and the Maputo Protocol
- The Evolution of Intersectionality in Human Rights Discourse
- Intersectionality within the Discourse of Gender and Human Rights in Africa: The Example of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
- Intersectionality within the African Regional System
- Intersectional Insights Reflected in the Maputo Protocol
- Where the AU Falls Short of a Commitment to Intersectionality: LGBTQI Rights
- Chapter 3
- Building the Patriarchy Index for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Literature Survey
- Conceptualizing Patriarchy in SSA
- Data Source and Analysis
- The Patriarchy Index for SSA
- Conclusion and Policy Options
- Chapter 4
- Patriarchy and Gender Challenges in Africa
- The Problem Situation
- Methodology
- Gender Expression in the Mbu Community
- The Issue of Wedlock Children in Cameroon
- Chapter 5
- Widow Inheritance in Northern Uganda
- The Institution of Marriage among the Acholi
- Widow Inheritance in Traditional Acholi Religion
- Widow Inheritance and Childcare
- The Clan System and Widow Inheritance
- Misconceptions about Widow Inheritance
- The Acholi Traditional Process of Widow Inheritance
- Chapter 6
- Patriarchal and Traditional Gender Roles in Pre- and Post-Independent Eritrea
- Gender Roles in the Light of Tradition and Colonialism
- Joining the Liberation Front: Lost (in) Generation
- Independent Eritrea
- Migration and Reconfiguration of Gender Roles
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 7
- Equal Spaces or Patriarchy?
- Theoretical Framework
- Conceptualizing Patriarchy
- Why Women's Participation in Tax Rulemaking is Relevant
- Trends of Patriarchy in Tax Rulemaking in Malawi
- Chapter 8
- Zambia's Prison Laws and Allied Legislation
- Constitutional, Statutory, and Policy Framework for Mainstreaming the Prison Laws in Zambia
- Chapter 9
- Challenging "Supernormal Patriarchy" in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Policies and Laws in Zambia
- Defining Patriarchy in ASM
- Patriarchy and Supernormal Patriarchy in ASM: The Ecofeminism Approach
- Identifying Gender Gaps in the ASM Policies and Laws in Zambia
- Chapter 10
- Football Stadiums as Patriarchal Spaces
- Women, Football, and Exclusion
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Conceptualization of Heteropatriarchy as Centered Peripheries.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fynn Bruey, Veronica Patriarchy and Gender in Africa
- ISBN:
- 9781793638571
- 1793638578
- Publisher Number:
- 40030514127
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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