| Family Matters: Feminist Concepts in African Philosophy of Culture Contributor(s): Nzegwu, Nkiru Uwechia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791467449 ISBN-13: 9780791467442 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Charts new trends in gender studies through a compelling analysis of Igbo society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - History | Africa - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 306.870 |
| LCCN: 2005014077 |
| Series: Suny Series, Feminist Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.8" W x 9.12" (0.99 lbs) 330 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Africa - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Prior to European colonialism, Igboland, a region in Nigeria, was a nonpatriarchal, nongendered society governed by separate but interdependent political systems for men and women. In the last one hundred fifty years, the Igbo family has undergone vast structural changes in response to a barrage of cultural forces. Critically rereading social practices and oral and written histories of Igbo women and the society, Nkiru Uwechia Nzegwu demonstrates how colonial laws, edicts, and judicial institutions facilitated the creation of gender inequality in Igbo society. Nzegwu exposes the unlikely convergence of Western feminist and African male judges' assumptions about traditional African values where women are subordinate and oppressed. Instead she offers a conception of equality based on historical Igbo family structures and practices that challenges the epistemological and ontological bases of Western feminist inquiry. |