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- catalog abstract ""Tracing the lot of African women from the eve of the colonial period to the present, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch explores the stages and forms of women's collective roles as well as their individual emancipation through revolts, urban migrations, economic impacts, social claims, political strength, and creativity. Comparing case studies drawn from throughout the region, she sheds light on issues ranging from gender to economy, politics, society, and culture. Utilizing an impressive array of sources, she highlights broad general patterns without overlooking crucial local variations. With its breadth of coverage and clear analysis of complex questions, this book is destined to become a standard text for scholars and students alike."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Africaines. English".
- catalog contributor b10244998.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""Tracing the lot of African women from the eve of the colonial period to the present, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch explores the stages and forms of women's collective roles as well as their individual emancipation through revolts, urban migrations, economic impacts, social claims, political strength, and creativity. Comparing case studies drawn from throughout the region, she sheds light on issues ranging from gender to economy, politics, society, and culture. Utilizing an impressive array of sources, she highlights broad general patterns without overlooking crucial local variations. With its breadth of coverage and clear analysis of complex questions, this book is destined to become a standard text for scholars and students alike."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index.".
- catalog description "Nineteenth-century women -- Peasant women -- Slave women -- Women and trade at the dawn of colonialism -- Powerful women; Female identity and culture -- From the country to the city -- Rural women and colonialism -- Women and urban migration -- Women in the city from colonization to independence: The urban condition -- Women and trade -- Domestic service -- Prostitution: from "free" women to women with AIDS -- Women and factory work -- Women and poverty: the future of female informal-sector employment -- Women and modern life -- Women and school -- Women and politics: resistance and action in West Africa -- Women and politics: delay in Zaire -- Women and politics: the war for national liberation -- Sexuality and emancipation.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 308 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "African women.".
- catalog identifier "0813323606 (hardcover)".
- catalog identifier "0813323614 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "African women.".
- catalog isPartOf "Social change in global perspective".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, Colo. : WestviewPress,".
- catalog relation "African women.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Sub-Saharan".
- catalog subject "305.4/0967 21".
- catalog subject "HQ1787 .C6613 1997".
- catalog subject "Women Africa, Sub-Saharan History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Women Africa, Sub-Saharan History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Nineteenth-century women -- Peasant women -- Slave women -- Women and trade at the dawn of colonialism -- Powerful women; Female identity and culture -- From the country to the city -- Rural women and colonialism -- Women and urban migration -- Women in the city from colonization to independence: The urban condition -- Women and trade -- Domestic service -- Prostitution: from "free" women to women with AIDS -- Women and factory work -- Women and poverty: the future of female informal-sector employment -- Women and modern life -- Women and school -- Women and politics: resistance and action in West Africa -- Women and politics: delay in Zaire -- Women and politics: the war for national liberation -- Sexuality and emancipation.".
- catalog title "Africaines. English".
- catalog title "African women : a modern history / Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch ; translated by Beth Gillian Raps.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".