Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society

Ifi Amadiume

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Cover

About the Author

Title

Contents

Foreword Pat Caplan

Preface to the critique influence change edition

Photographs

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 The 19th Century

1 Gender and the Economy

2 Women, Wealth, Titles and Power

3 Gender and Political Organization

4 The Politics of Motherhood: Women and the Ideology-Making Process

5 The Ideology of Gender

6 Ritual and Gender

Part 2 The Colonial Period

7 Colonialism and the Erosion of Women’s Power

8 The Erosion of Women’s Power

Part 3 The Post-Independence Period

9 The Marginalization of Women’s Position

10 Wealth, Titles and Motherhood

11 The Female Element in Other Igbo Societies

12 Gender, Class and Female Solidarity

13 Conclusion

Appendixes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Ifi Amadiume

Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society