The Invention of Women
Download or Read eBook The Invention of Women PDF written by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí |
| Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 1997-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781452903255 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1452903255 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Invention of Women by : Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Book excerpt: 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 contruction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures. Oyewumi traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. Her analysis shows the paradoxical nature of two fundamental assumptions of feminist theory: that gender is socially constructed in old Yoruba society, and that social organization was determined by relative age.
