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"The Yoruba, one of the largest and most historically important ethnic groups in Nigeria, are noted for the economic activity, confidence, and authority of their women. Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change traces the history of women in Yorubaland from around 1820 to 1960 and Nigerian independ...
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| Summary: | "The Yoruba, one of the largest and most historically important ethnic groups in Nigeria, are noted for the economic activity, confidence, and authority of their women. Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change traces the history of women in Yorubaland from around 1820 to 1960 and Nigerian independence. Integrating fresh material from local court records and four decades of existing scholarship, Marjorie Keniston McIntosh shows how and why women's roles and status changed during the 19th century and the colonial era." "McIntosh emphasizes connections between their duties within the household, their income-generating work, and their responsibilities in religious, cultural, social, and political contexts. She highlights the forms of patriarchy found within Yorubaland and explores the impact of Christianity, colonialism, and international capitalism. This keen and insightful work offers a unique view of Yoruba women's initiative, adaptability, and skill at working in groups."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 336 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780253352798 9780253220547 |
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Titel: Yoruba women, work, and social change
Autor: McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston
Jahr: 2009
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments vii
Note on Language and Orthography xi
Abbreviations, Terms, and Explanations xiii
part one Introduction
1. Opening 3
2. Sources and Questions 13
part two The Context of Women's Lives
3. Yorubaland, 1820—1893 29
4. Colonial Yorubaland, 1893—1960 57
5. Family and Marriage 79
part three Women's Economic Activities
6. Labor, Property, and Agriculture 109
7. Income-Generating Activities in the Nineteenth Century 126
8. New Approaches to Familiar Roles during
the Colonial Period 147
9. Western Skills and Service Careers 169
CONTENTS
part four Other Public Roles and Broader Issues
10. Religion, Cultural Forms, and Associations 189
11. Regents and Chiefs, Economic Organizations, and Politics 216
12. Patriarchy, Colonialism, and Women's Agency 240
Glossary of Yoruba Words 247
Notes 249
List of References 295
Index 321 |
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