Women's authority and society in early East-Central Africa
By: Christine Saidi.
Series: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 -- v. 44
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580463270
Subjects: Women -- Africa, Central -- History; Women -- Africa, East -- History; Africa, Central -- Social life and customs; Africa, East -- Social life and customs; Africa, Central -- History -- To 1884; Africa, East -- History -- To 1886
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The patriarchal myth: deconstruction and reconstruction; title: Correlating linguistics and archaeology in East-Central African history; title: The early social history of East-Central Africa; title: Women's authority: female coalitions, politics, and religion; title: Women's authority and female initiation in East-Central African history; title: Pots, hoes, and food: women in technology and production; title: Sacred, but never profane: sex and sexuality in East-Central African history; title: Kucilinga na lesa kupanshanya mayo.