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The author traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. THE INVENTION OF WOMEN demonstrates that biology as a rationale for organizing the social world is a Western construction not applicable in Yoruban culture where social organization was determined by relative age.
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Invention Of Women, Oyeronke Oyewumi
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- 1997
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- Title
- Invention Of Women
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Oyeronke Oyewumi
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0816624410
- ISBN13
- 9780816624416
- Series
- Rating
- 4.4 out of 5
- Description
- The author traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. THE INVENTION OF WOMEN demonstrates that biology as a rationale for organizing the social world is a Western construction not applicable in Yoruban culture where social organization was determined by relative age.