The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses
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Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
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The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses

Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

229 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western construction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western ...

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