Title: The invention of women
First published: 1997
Description: The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western contruction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures.

Oyewumi traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. Her analysis shows the paradoxical nature of two fundamental assumptions of feminist theory: that gender is socially constructed in old Yoruba society, and that social organization was determined by relative age.
Subjects: Body, Human, Philosophy, Yoruba, Social aspects of the Human body, Social conditions, Women, Yoruba, Yoruba Philosophy, Yoruba Women, Women, nigeria, Women, history, Philosophy, african, Sex differences, Human body, social aspects, Sex Characteristics, Femmes yoruba, Conditions sociales, Histoire, Philosophie yoruba, Rôle selon le sexe, Différences entre sexes, Corps humain, Aspect social, Nigeria, Gender relations, Yoruba, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Women's Studies, Discrimination & Race Relations, Minority Studies, Frau, Geschlechterrolle, Soziale Situation, Sekseverschillen, Joruba (volk), Yoruba language
Places: Nigeria
LC classification: DT515.45.Y67 O94 1997