TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The invention of women : making an African sense of Western gender discourses A1 - Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́ LA - eng PP - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press YR - 1997 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/helka.9921766783506253 AB - 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. NO - Lisäpainokset: Repr. 2001. SN - 0816624402 inbunden SN - 0816624410 KW - Human body : Social aspects : Nigeria. KW - Philosophy, Yoruba. KW - Sex role : Nigeria. KW - Women, Yoruba : History. KW - Women, Yoruba : Social conditions. KW - feminismi. KW - filosofia. KW - historia. KW - jorubat. KW - naisen asema. KW - naishistoria. KW - ruumis. KW - sukupuoliroolit. KW - feminism. KW - filosofi. KW - yoruba (folk) KW - kvinnans ställning. KW - kvinnohistoria. KW - kroppen. KW - könsroller. KW - Afrikka. KW - Nigeria. KW - Afrika. ER -