| Women in Africa: Studies in Social and Economic Change Contributor(s): Hafkin, Nancy J. (Editor), Bay, Edna G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804710112 ISBN-13: 9780804710114 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1976 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 301.412 |
| LCCN: 75044901 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Series: Studies in Social and Economic Change |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.24" W x 8.32" (0.89 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of papers-all but one previously unpublished-presents the results of recent field research in the disciplines of history, political science, anthropology, sociology, and economics. The chief emphasis here is on change: on viewing African women as agents of change from the first arrival of Europeans to the present; and on seeking to change the perspective from which African women have been studied in the past. The papers encompass settings as diverse as eighteenth-century Senegal and contemporary Mozambique. Politically and socially, too, the local settings are various, including an Igbo village, the marketplaces of Abidjan and Accra, a development scheme in rural Tanzania, the churches of Freetown, and the streets of Mombasa. The contributors are Iris Berger, James L. Brain, George E. Brooks, Jr., Margaret Jean Hay, Barbara C. Lewis, Leith Mullings, Kamene Okonjo, Claire Robertson, Filomina Chioma Steady, Margaret Strobel, and Judith VanAllen. |