Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Beth Raps

African Women (eBook, PDF)

A Modern History

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Tracing the lot of African women from the eve of the colonial period to the present, the author explores the stages and forms of women's collective roles as well as their individual emancipation through revolts, urban migrations, economic impacts, social claims, political strength, and creativity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429971044
• Artikelnr.: 52836421

Autorenporträt

Coquery-vidrovitch, Catherine Raps, Beth

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: Nineteenth
Century Women
Peasant Women
Slave Women
Women and Trade at the Dawn of Colonialism
Powerful Women
Female Identity and Culture
Part 2: From the Country to the City
Rural Women and Colonialism
Part 3: Women and Urban Migration
Women in the City from Colonization to Independence
The Urban Condition
Women and Trade
Domestic Service
Prostitution: From "Free" Women to Women with AIDs
Women and Factory Work
Woman and Poverty: The Future of Female Informal
Sector Employment
Part 4: Women and Modern Life
Women and School
Women and Politics: Resistance and Action in West Africa
Women and Politics: Delay in Zaire
Women and Politics: The Wars for National Liberation
Sexuality and Emancipation
Conclusion: The Future