Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa

Discourses, Practices, and Policies

Egodi Uchendu editor Ngozi Edeagu editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lexington Books

Published:26th Aug '21

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Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa: Discourses, Practices, and Policies examines the entrenchment of patriarchy in Africa and its attendant socioeconomic and political consequences on gender relations. The contributors analyze the historical and modern ways in which gender expectations have enabled women in African societies to be systematically abused and marginalized, from unpaid labor to poor representation in decision-making areas. Exploring regions such as rural Uganda, the suburbs of Zimbabwe, the Gold Coast, South Africa, and Nigeria, contributors incorporate a wide range of academic theories and disciplines to establish the need for improved policy implementation on gender issues at both the local and national government levels in Africa.

An important contribution to the study of gender in Africa that bridges historical, literary, film studies, and social science approaches as well as policy implementation. Readers are able to explore the core themes of patriarchy and inequality through multiple case studies from across the continent not only to understand the past and present, but also to have an impact on the future.

-- Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross

Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa: Discourses, Practices, and Policies provides new and refreshing perspectives on contemporary thematic preoccupations in gender narratives. I unreservedly recommend it to scholars and students alike.

-- G.M.T Emezue, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-A

  • Winner of Outstanding Academic Title 2022

ISBN: 9781793642042

Dimensions: 228mm x 161mm x 28mm

Weight: 744g

352 pages