Emergent Masculinities - Gendered Power and Social Change in the Biafran Atlantic Age

Klappentext Atlanticization-or interaction between regional processes and Atlantic forces such as the slave trade and Christianization-from 1750 to 1920 transformed gender into a primary mode of social differentiation in the Bight of Biafra. Mbah examines this process to fill a major gap in our understanding of gender's role in precolonial Africa. Zusammenfassung Atlanticization—or interaction between regional processes and Atlantic forces such as the slave trade and Christianization—from 1750 to 1920 transformed gender into a primary mode of social differentiation in the Bight of Biafra. Mbah examines this process to fill a major gap in our understanding of gender’s role in precolonial Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Ndubueze L. Mbah
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780821423882
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2388-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: New African Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous