Invention Of Women : Making An African Sense Of Western Gender Discourses
Oyewumi, Oyeronke More by this author...£20.99To order- usually 4-7days for delivery- Social Justice
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The author traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. THE INVENTION OF WOMEN demonstrates that biology as a rationale for organizing the social world is a Western construction not applicable in Yoruban culture where social organization was determined by relative age.