"Wicked" Women and the Reconfiguration of Gender in Africa

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Publisher : James Currey
Total Pages : 354
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Download or read book "Wicked" Women and the Reconfiguration of Gender in Africa written by Dorothy Louise Hodgson and published by James Currey. This book was released on 2001 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 17 essays examines the many ways African women pushed the boundaries, individually and collectively, of acceptable behaviour to produce changes in the gendered dynamics of power and a reconfiguration of broader moral and social orders.


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