In Search of Gender Justice - Rights and Relationships in Matrilineal Malawi

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Johnson is a Lecturer in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. Her research has been published in the journals Africa, the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Review of African Political Economy and she is co-editor of Pursuing Justice in Africa: Competing Imaginaries and Contested Practices with George Karekwaivanane (forthcoming). She held the Phyllis and Eileen Gibbs Travelling Research Fellowship in 2014–15 and is an editor of the Journal of Southern African Studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Images, tables and maps; Acronyms; Glossary of Chichewa; Introduction; 1. Love, marriage and matriliny; 2. Marital disputes and the legal search for justice; 3. Navigating Ufulu; 4. Gender justice?; 5. Handling violence; 6. Justice in motion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jessica Johnson, Jessica (University of Birmingham) Johnson
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108462471
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46247-1
• Pages: 216
• Thème: The International African Library
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Malawi, Gender & the law, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology & anthropology, African History, Human rights, civil rights, Sociology and anthropology, Law and society, gender issues, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies