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As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear why powerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everyday practices.
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As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear why powerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everyday practices.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2010
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 522g
- ISBN-13: 9780253355454
- ISBN-10: 0253355451
- Artikelnr.: 29977980
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Seitenzahl: 256
- Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2010
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 522g
- ISBN-13: 9780253355454
- ISBN-10: 0253355451
- Artikelnr.: 29977980
Lorelle D. Semley is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Wesleyan University. Her work has been published in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures and she is a contributor to Crossing Memories: Slavery and African Diaspora (forthcoming).
Preface. "You Must Be From Here": An Intellectual and Personal Journey
Acknowledgments
Note on Orthography and Language
Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": Power and Vulnerability in
Atlantic Africa
1. Founding Fathers and Metaphorical Mothers: History, Myth, and the Making
of a Kingdom
2. How Kings Lost Their Mothers: Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade
3. Giving Away Kétu's Secret: Wives on the Eve of War
4. "Where women really matter": The "Queens" of Kétu and the Challenge to
French Imperialism
5. "Without family . . . there is no true colonization": Perspectives on
Marriage
6. "The Opening of the Eyes": The Politics of Manhood on the Eve of
Independence
7. Mothers and Fathers of an Atlantic World
Epilogue. A Rebirth of "Public Mothers" and Kings
Essay on Sources and Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Note on Orthography and Language
Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": Power and Vulnerability in
Atlantic Africa
1. Founding Fathers and Metaphorical Mothers: History, Myth, and the Making
of a Kingdom
2. How Kings Lost Their Mothers: Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade
3. Giving Away Kétu's Secret: Wives on the Eve of War
4. "Where women really matter": The "Queens" of Kétu and the Challenge to
French Imperialism
5. "Without family . . . there is no true colonization": Perspectives on
Marriage
6. "The Opening of the Eyes": The Politics of Manhood on the Eve of
Independence
7. Mothers and Fathers of an Atlantic World
Epilogue. A Rebirth of "Public Mothers" and Kings
Essay on Sources and Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface. "You Must Be From Here": An Intellectual and Personal Journey
Acknowledgments
Note on Orthography and Language
Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": Power and Vulnerability in
Atlantic Africa
1. Founding Fathers and Metaphorical Mothers: History, Myth, and the Making
of a Kingdom
2. How Kings Lost Their Mothers: Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade
3. Giving Away Kétu's Secret: Wives on the Eve of War
4. "Where women really matter": The "Queens" of Kétu and the Challenge to
French Imperialism
5. "Without family . . . there is no true colonization": Perspectives on
Marriage
6. "The Opening of the Eyes": The Politics of Manhood on the Eve of
Independence
7. Mothers and Fathers of an Atlantic World
Epilogue. A Rebirth of "Public Mothers" and Kings
Essay on Sources and Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Note on Orthography and Language
Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": Power and Vulnerability in
Atlantic Africa
1. Founding Fathers and Metaphorical Mothers: History, Myth, and the Making
of a Kingdom
2. How Kings Lost Their Mothers: Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade
3. Giving Away Kétu's Secret: Wives on the Eve of War
4. "Where women really matter": The "Queens" of Kétu and the Challenge to
French Imperialism
5. "Without family . . . there is no true colonization": Perspectives on
Marriage
6. "The Opening of the Eyes": The Politics of Manhood on the Eve of
Independence
7. Mothers and Fathers of an Atlantic World
Epilogue. A Rebirth of "Public Mothers" and Kings
Essay on Sources and Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index