Women's Voices, Women's Power : : Dialogues of Resistance from East Africa / / Judith Abwunza.
Most ethnographic treatments of other cultures restrict the voice of their "subjects"; at most, description and analysis by the observer are accompanied by brief selective "ation. With a methodological openness that may be particularly appropriate to gender studies, anthropologist Jud...
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Abwunza, Judith, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Women's Voices, Women's Power : Dialogues of Resistance from East Africa / Judith Abwunza. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019] ©1997 1 online resource (224 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Map One: Kenya and Western Province -- Map Two: Maragoli -- PART I: UNEARTHING THE PATRIARCHAL WORLD -- Introduction to Part I -- Chapter One: Avalogoli -- Chapter Two: Women's Power and Voice -- Conclusion to Part I -- PART II: WOMEN'S WORK -- Introduction to Part II -- Chapter Three: "Home Work" -- Chapter Four: "Outside Work" -- Conclusion to Part II -- PART III: BACK DOOR DECISIONS -- Introduction to Part III -- Chapter Five: The House and the Yard -- Chapter Six: Expanding the Back Door -- Conclusion to Part III -- PART IV: "POSTERITY" AND "PROGRESS," NEEDS AND MEANS -- Introduction to Part IV -- Chapter Seven: She Eats for Nothing! -- Chapter Eight: "Silika—To Make Our Lives Shine" -- Conclusion to Part IV -- PART V: BURYING THE PATRIARCHAL WORLD? -- Chapter Nine: Omwene Hango Default -- Glossary -- Endnotes -- Works Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Most ethnographic treatments of other cultures restrict the voice of their "subjects"; at most, description and analysis by the observer are accompanied by brief selective "ation. With a methodological openness that may be particularly appropriate to gender studies, anthropologist Judith Abwunza provides in this ethnography both the fruit of her research into the lives of Logoli women of Western Kenya and substantial transcripts giving the women's own description and analysis of their situation. The Avalogoli remain a strongly patriarchal society. Yet, as in many such societies elsewhere in Africa and indeed around the world, women have demonstrated a resilience under patriarchy that has resulted in their nominal power being far outweighed by their actual power. As Abwunza demonstrates, the economic survival of the Avalogoli is dependent not only on women's works but also on their decision-making. Through 'back-door decisions' they have a surprising power to influence national as well as local events. Women's Voices, Women's Power offers no apologies for a system that remains disturbingly patriarchal. But it does attempt to face directly the complexities and paradoxes involved—not the least of which is that many of the women posture an adherence to patriarchy even as they describe the disproportionate burden it places upon them. And it seeks an understanding of the ways in which Logoli society is changing in the face of increasing capitalism and commodification—processes that the author argues may simultaneously empower and disempower women. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Patriarchy Kenya Western Province. Women, Logooli Economic conditions. Women, Logooli Social conditions. Coursebook. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442603103 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442603103 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442603103.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Map One: Kenya and Western Province -- Map Two: Maragoli -- PART I: UNEARTHING THE PATRIARCHAL WORLD -- Introduction to Part I -- Chapter One: Avalogoli -- Chapter Two: Women's Power and Voice -- Conclusion to Part I -- PART II: WOMEN'S WORK -- Introduction to Part II -- Chapter Three: "Home Work" -- Chapter Four: "Outside Work" -- Conclusion to Part II -- PART III: BACK DOOR DECISIONS -- Introduction to Part III -- Chapter Five: The House and the Yard -- Chapter Six: Expanding the Back Door -- Conclusion to Part III -- PART IV: "POSTERITY" AND "PROGRESS," NEEDS AND MEANS -- Introduction to Part IV -- Chapter Seven: She Eats for Nothing! -- Chapter Eight: "Silika—To Make Our Lives Shine" -- Conclusion to Part IV -- PART V: BURYING THE PATRIARCHAL WORLD? -- Chapter Nine: Omwene Hango Default -- Glossary -- Endnotes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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