TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amadiume,Ifi
TI  - Male daughters, female husbands: gender and sex in an African society 
SN  - 0862325943
AV  - DT515.45.I33 A47 1987
U1  - 305.488963 19
PY  - 1987///
CY  - London, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Women, Igbo
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Igbo (African people)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Woman-to-woman marriage
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index
N2  - "Challenging the received orthodoxies of social anthropology, Ifi Amadiume argues that in precolonial society, sex and gender did not necessarily coincide. Examining the structures that enabled women to achieve power, she shows that roles were neither rigidly masculinized nor feminized.  Economic changes in colonial times undermined women’s status and reduced their political role and Dr Amadiume maintains, patriarchal tendencies introduced by colonialism persist today, to the detriment of women.  Critical of the chauvinist stereotypes established by colonial anthropology, the author stresses the importance of recognizing women’s economic activities as as essential basis of their power. She is also critical of those western feminists who, when relating to African women, tend to accept the same outmoded projections."--Publisher description
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol059/88125345.html
ER  -