Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society

by Ifi Amadiume

Book Overview

In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume published the groundbreaking Male Daughters, Female Husbands to critical acclaim. This compelling, enduring, and highly original book argues that gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference. Amadiume examines the African societal structures that enabled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783603321
• ISBN13: 9781783603329
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"