216 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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A member of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria who became a nun and trained as an anthropologist, Joseph Therese Agbasiere had a unique opportunity to transcend some of the preconceptions and subjectivities inevitable when an 'outsider' studies a native society. Her richly detailed ethnography examines kinship practices, marriage customs, and women's responsibilities in the house and the community,... Read more
Chapter 1 Introducing Igbo women; Chapter 2 Ibi; Chapter 3 Political organization in Ibi; Chapter 4 Igbo women; Chapter 5 Igbo cosmology; Chapter 6 The Igbo idea of person; Chapter 7 Kinship relations and the position of the woman; Chapter 8 Traditional marriage rites; Chapter 9 Married life; Chapter 10 Widowhood; Chapter 11 Concluding remarks;
Biography
Agbasiere, Joseph Therese
''This book will make a significant contribution in the debate abour gender relation and power and provides a refreshing idea of addressing women's power in existing gender relation' - Salma Akhter, University of Cambridge
