African Women [electronic resource] : A Political Economy /
Turshen, M.author.
Turshen, Meredeth,1938-
This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Permissions; 1 The Political Economy of Women in Africa; 2 Exceptionalism Is a Feminist Issue in Southern Africa; 3 Domestic Workers in South Africa: Class, Race, and Gender; 4 The Proletarianization of Women in Tanzania; 5 Gender and Contract Farming: Growing Tea in Kenya; 6 Capitalist Development and Women's Work: A Nigerian Case Study; 7 Structural Adjustment and Women in Zimbabwe; 8 Women in Mozambique: Gender Struggles and Gender Politics; 9 Angolan Women's Congress; 10 Strategies for Change: Women and Politics in Eritrea and South Africa
11 The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from Women in Nigeria (WIN)12 Isis-WICCE Continues to Bring Women Together; 13 Sudanese Women Writing Their Status; 14 Tuareg Women, Gender Politics, and Rebellion in Niger Republic; Bibliography; Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research.
Sociology.
Africa—Politics and government.
Ethnicity.
Ethnology—Africa.
Gender Studies.
African Politics.
Ethnicity Studies.
African Culture.
Sociology, general.