Author : Flora S. Kaplan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Book Synopsis Queens, Queen Mothers, Priestesses, and Power by : Flora S. Kaplan
Download or read book Queens, Queen Mothers, Priestesses, and Power written by Flora S. Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 18 case studies of women in power in Africa. It focuses on the political and ritual roles of royal and elite women who are gathered together by tradition, choice and circumstance, and who, as a result, achieve and exercise power, and acquire and exert influence in the public and private arenas of their societies. A dozen sub-Saharan ethnic groups are represented, mostly from West and South Africa. The volume is interdisciplinary, with contributions drawn from the fields of anthropolgy, art history, history, political science, comparative literature, African and African-American studies, women's studies and religion.