Gendering the African Diaspora: Women, Culture, and Historical Change in the Caribbean and Nigerian Hinterland

Book Overview

This volume builds on and extends current discussions of the construction of gendered identities and the networks through which men and women engage diaspora. It considers the movement of people and ideas between the Caribbean and the Nigerian hinterland. The contributions examine Africa in the Caribbean imaginary, the way in which gender ideologies inform Caribbean men's and women's theoretical or real-life engagement with the continent, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253221536
• ISBN13: 9780253221537
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher