Yoruba women, work, and social change
By: Marjorie Keniston McIntosh.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780253352798; 9780253220547
Subjects: Women, Yoruba -- Nigeria -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Women, Yoruba -- Nigeria -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women, Yoruba -- Employment -- Nigeria -- History -- 19th century; Women, Yoruba -- Employment -- Nigeria -- History -- 20th century; Nigeria -- History -- 19th century; Nigeria -- History -- 1900-1960
Description: "The Yoruba, one of the largest and most historically important ethnic groups in Nigeria, are noted for the economic activity, confidence, and authority of their women. Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change traces the history of women in Yorubaland from around 1820 to 1960 and Nigerian independence. Integrating fresh material from local court records and four decades of existing scholarship, Marjorie Keniston McIntosh shows how and why women's roles and status changed during the 19th century and the colonial era." "McIntosh emphasizes connections between their duties within the household, their income-generating work, and their responsibilities in religious, cultural, social, and political contexts. She highlights the forms of patriarchy found within Yorubaland and explores the impact of Christianity, colonialism, and international capitalism. This keen and insightful work offers a unique view of Yoruba women's initiative, adaptability, and skill at working in groups."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Opening; title: Sources and questions; title: Yorubaland, 1820-1893; title: Colonial Yorubaland, 1893-1960; title: Family and marriage; title: Labor, property, and agriculture; title: Income-generating activities in the nineteenth century; title: New approaches to familiar roles during the colonial period; title: Western skills and service careers; title: Religion, cultural forms, and associations; title: Regents and chiefs, economic organizations, and politics; title: Patriarchy, colonialism, and women's agency.