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

Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

256 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 contruction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western c...

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