Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African SocietyChallenging the received orthodoxies of social anthropology, Ifi Amadiume argues that in precolonial society, sex and gender did not necessarily coincide. Examining the structures that enabled women to achieve power, she shows that roles were neither rigidly masculinized nor feminized. |
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Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society Ifi Amadiume Limited preview - 1987 |