Gender, culture and development in Africa / edited by Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sotunsa, Mobolanle Ebunoluwa, editor.

Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Africa--Social conditions.

Women in development--Africa.

Gender identity in mass media.

Gender identity in education--Africa.

Gender identity in literature.

Women--Political activity--Africa.

Gender identity in education.

Women in development.

Women--Political activity.

Women--Social conditions.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 651 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : Pan-African University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Gender, Culture and Development in Africa interrogates ways in which gender, culture, and development in the African context reinforce, shape, and reshape one another. In four parts, comprising fifty chapters, the book provides stimulating debates and constructive engagements about the enactment of gender and power relations within the African context and its implications for development outcomes. The engaging and carefully organised chapters furnish the readers with a sumptuous "buffet" of narratives, pedagogical dialogues and critical discourses on African women and men in their varied cultural, political, economic and social contexts. The multidisciplinary approach traversing literary studies, education, political science, religious studies, linguistics, history, economics, and law, amongst others, makes the book relevant to scholars of gender and African studies across these disciplines. Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa is a Professor of Gender Studies and African Oral Literatures in the Department of Languages and Literary Studies, Babcock University, Nigeria. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Babcock University, Nigeria"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Part I. Gender representation in African literature and the media in Africa

Part II. Gender, language and pedagogy in Africa

Part III. Gender, education, health and empowerment in Africa

Part IV. Gender, political participation and governance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781943533275

194353327X

OCLC:

1037272287