An edition of Mother is gold, father is glass
(2010)
Mother is gold, father is glass
gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town
by Lorelle D. Semley
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Social life and customs, Yoruba Women, Mothers, Sex role, West Africa, History, Political activity, Women, Motherhood, Women, africaPlaces
Kétou, West Africa, Kétou (Benin), BeninTimes
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Mother is gold, father is glass: gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town
2010, Indiana University Press
in English
0253355451 9780253355454
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Table of Contents
Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": power and vulnerability in Atlantic Africa
Founding fathers and metaphorical mothers: history, myth, and the making of a kingdom
How kings lost their mothers: politics of the Atlantic slave trade
Giving away Kétu's secret: wives on the eve of war
"Where women really matter": the "queens" of Kétu and the challenge to French imperialism
"Without family
there is no true colonization": perspectives on marriage
"The opening of the eyes": the politics of manhood on the eve of independence
Mothers and fathers of an Atlantic world
Epilogue. A rebirth of "public mothers" and kings.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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