"Wicked" women and the reconfiguration of gender in Africa

Dorothy Louise Hodgson, Sheryl McCurdy

Heinemann, Apr 19, 2001 - History - 325 pages

Collection of detailed case studies demonstrates the centrality of women and

Contents

• Wicked Women and: 1
• Women Marriage Divorce and the Emerging: 27
• Marriage and Deconstructing: 47

About the author

DOROTHY L. HODGSON is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University.SHERYL A. MCCURDY is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research in the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health.

Bibliographic information

• Title: "Wicked" women and the reconfiguration of gender in Africa; Social history of Africa
• Authors: Dorothy Louise Hodgson, Sheryl McCurdy
• Editors: Dorothy Louise Hodgson, Sheryl McCurdy
• Contributor: Dorothy Louise Hodgson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Heinemann, 2001
• ISBN: 0325070059, 9780325070056
• Length: 325 pages
• Subjects: History / Africa / General; History / Social History; Sex role; Sex role - Africa; Sex role/ Africa; Social Science / Gender Studies; Social Science / General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Women; Women - Africa - Social conditions; Women/ Africa/ Social conditions