Being and becoming : gender, culture and shifting identity in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Chinyere Ukpokolo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ukpokolo, Chinyere, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Ethnology.

Gender identity.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Gender identity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

xi, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Denver, CO : Spears Media Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book illuminates the complex and constantly shifting social and cultural dynamics that shape people's identity. Specifically, the volume focuses on the intersections of gender with, culture and identity, and at different historical epochs; on the way men and women define themselves and are defined by diverse peoples and cultures across time and space in sub-Saharan Africa. The discussions presented in this anthology primarily focus on 'being' as 'a state' or 'condition', defined by sex identity, and how this identity shifts, and hence 'becoming', assuming diverse meanings in disparate societies, contexts, and time. The discourse, therefore, moves from how the perception of the self in cultural and historical contexts has informed actions and at some other times shaped interpretations given to historical facts, to how changing economic realities also shape the definitions and constructions of social and relational issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. The historical trajectories of Islamic religion, colonialism and Christian missionary activities in sub-Saharan Africa have shaped the worlds of the peoples of the region and impacted on gender relations." -- From Amazon

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One What's Wrong with Essentialism Anyway? African Women and the Question of Identity / Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola

ch. Two Gender in Owu, a Timed Masquerade Festival of the Riverine Igbo, Southeast Nigeria / Sabine Jell-Bahlsen

ch. Three Gender, Socialisation and Construction of a Muganda Woman Identity / Elizabeth Kyazike

ch. Four The Violence of Silence and the Limits of Community: The Ikale Woman in Twenty-First Century Nigeria / Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina

ch. Five Gender, Identity and Change: The Case of Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria / Aisha Balarabe Bawa

ch. Six Economic Survival, Masculinity and Shifting Cultural Definition of the Woman's Identity in a Rural Igbo Society / Chinyere Ukpokolo

ch. Seven Indigenous Palm Oil Production in Orile-Owu, Nigeria: A Gendered Technical and Economic Practice / Samuel Oluivole Ogundele

ch. Eight Religion and the Participation of Women in Politics in Zimbabwe: Changing Identities and Perspectives (1960s

2014) / Tapiwa Praise Mapuranga

ch. Nine Contesting the Margins of Modernity: New women, migration and consumption in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon / Walter Gam Nkwi

ch. Ten Saints and Sinners: African Holocaust, "Clandestine Countermemories" and LGBT Visibility Politics in Postcolonial Africa / Kwame Edwin Otu

ch. Eleven `Being and Becoming': Rethinking Moments of encounter / Anwesha Das

ch. Twelve Gender Advocacy in Africa: Insights from Ifa Literary Corpus / Omotade Adegbindin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1942876076

9781942876076

OCLC:

944158148

Publisher Number:

99989205840