Women’s Voices, Women’s Power: Dialogues of Resistance from East Africa (Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom)

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pp. ix [2] 224.”Women’s Voices, Women’s Power offers no apologies for a system that remains disturbingly patriarchal. But it does attempt to face directly the complexities and paradoxes involved?ot the least of which is that many of the women posture an adherence to patriarchy even as they describe the disproportionate burden it places upon them. And it seeks an understanding of the ways in which Logoli society is changing in the face of increasing capitalism and commodification?rocesses that the author argues may simultaneously empower and disempower women. “

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ISBN 1442601140
ISBN13 9781442601147
Number of pages 225
Original Title Women's Voices, Women's Power: Dialogues of Resistance from East Africa (Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom)
Published Date 2008
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Toronto
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pp. ix [2] 224.”Women’s Voices, Women’s Power offers no apologies for a system that remains disturbingly patriarchal. But it does attempt to face directly the complexities and paradoxes involved?ot the least of which is that many of the women posture an adherence to patriarchy even as they describe the disproportionate burden it places upon them. And it seeks an understanding of the ways in which Logoli society is changing in the face of increasing capitalism and commodification?rocesses that the author argues may simultaneously empower and disempower women. “

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Weight 0.85 kg