wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism: African Women, Culture, Power and Democracy
ISBN: 9781856498067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Using the idea of a collectivist, humanist culture of traditional African matriarchal heritage, Ifi Amadiume contrasts daughters of the Goddess to a corrupt and oppressive culture of imperialism that she argues is the heritage of contemporary elite-led women s organizations. She examines the activities of such organizations in Nigeria, making comparisons with those in Britain and South Africa as well as international movements; looking at the 1995 Beijing International Women s Conferences, she explores internationalism as an instrument of class reproduction.
The author provides a... Using the idea of a collectivist, humanist culture of traditional African matriarchal heritage, Ifi Amadiume contrasts daughters of the Goddess to a c...
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182,54 zł |
The Politics of Memory: Truth, Healing and Social Justice
ISBN: 9781856498432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Why does conflict deteriorate into violence and war? How does collective memory influence healing and social justice in post-conflict situations? What is the role of judicial accountability - Crime Tribunals and Truth Commissions - for past violations of human rights?
This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars, policy-makers, justice workers and social activists to answer these questions. In a creative engagement with issues of human rights in relation to truth, healing and social justice, they look at how people rebuild broken communities and the tensions between... Why does conflict deteriorate into violence and war? How does collective memory influence healing and social justice in post-conflict situations? What...
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182,54 zł |
Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society
ISBN: 9781783603329 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume published the groundbreaking Male Daughters, Female Husbands to critical acclaim. This compelling, enduring, and highly original book argues that gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference. Amadiume examines the African societal structures that enabled people to achieve power within fluid masculine and feminine roles.
At a time when gender and queer theory is viewed by many as overly focused... In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume published the groundbreaking Male Daughters, Female Husbands to criti...
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82,17 zł |
Re-Inventing Africa: Matriarchy, Religion and Culture
ISBN: 9781856495349 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This extraordinary book issues a clarion call for a new understanding of Africa. The author of the best-selling Male Daughters/Female Husbands here issues a challenge to western anthropologists to recognize their own complicity in producing a version of Africa that is often little more than a reflection of their own class-based, patriarchal thought.
Professor Amadiume calls instead for a new history of Africa, made and written by Africans. This is such a book. The book * explores how imperialism, violence, patriarchy and class-based social structures - originally imposed by... This extraordinary book issues a clarion call for a new understanding of Africa. The author of the best-selling Male Daughters/Female Husbands here is...
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182,54 zł |
African Possibilities: A Matriarchitarian Perspective for Social Justice
ISBN: 9781350333802 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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104,34 zł |
Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation
ISBN: 9781793652690 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation explores Chinua Achebe's literary works and how they communicated the Igbo-African world to readers. Engaging in the politics of representation, Achebe sought to demystify deterministic views of race and cultural ethnocentrism. While his books and commentaries have been very influential in shaping a unique and multifaceted view of the African world, some scholars have challenged Achebe's representations of historical reality. Through in-depth analyses of his writing, contributors examine the...
Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation explores Chinua Achebe's literary works and how they co...
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532,68 zł |
Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation
ISBN: 9781793652713 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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192,20 zł |
Feminist Futures: Reimagining Women, Culture and Development
ISBN: 9781783606382 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. At a time when fundamental concerns about social justice, sustainability, economic justice, and cultural diversity continue to be relegated to the sidelines of the mainstream development agenda, Feminist Futures is more essential than ever.
This revised and updated edition collects leading academics and a new generation of activists and scholars to provide fresh perspectives on how women in the Global South tranform our understanding of development. With essays ranging across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, it reveals how development efforts have repeatedly failed the Third World... At a time when fundamental concerns about social justice, sustainability, economic justice, and cultural diversity continue to be relegated to the sid...
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119,94 zł |
Feminist Futures: Reimagining Women, Culture and Development
ISBN: 9781783606399 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. At a time when fundamental concerns about social justice, sustainability, economic justice, and cultural diversity continue to be relegated to the sidelines of the mainstream development agenda, Feminist Futures is more essential than ever.
This revised and updated edition collects leading academics and a new generation of activists and scholars to provide fresh perspectives on how women in the Global South tranform our understanding of development. With essays ranging across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, it reveals how development efforts have repeatedly failed the Third World... At a time when fundamental concerns about social justice, sustainability, economic justice, and cultural diversity continue to be relegated to the sid...
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443,44 zł |