As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear why powerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everyday practices.
As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear why powerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everyday practices.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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).
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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
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
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