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Book Synopsis Wives and Wanderers in a New Guinea Highlands Society by : Marie Olive Reay
Download or read book Wives and Wanderers in a New Guinea Highlands Society written by Marie Olive Reay and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wives and Wanderers in a New Guinea Highlands Society brings to the reader anthropologist Marie Reay’s field research from the 1950s and 1960s on women’s lives in the Wahgi Valley, Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Dramatically written, each chapter adds to the main story that Reay wanted to tell, contrasting young girls’ freedom to court and choose partners, with the constraints (and violence) they were to experience as married women. This volume provides readable ethnographic material for undergraduate courses, in whole or in part. It will be of interest to students and scholars of gender relations, anthropology and feminism, Melanesia and the Pacific. The material in this book, which Reay had written by 1965 but never published, remains startlingly contemporary and relevant. Marie Olive Reay was a social anthropologist who did research in Australian indigenous communities and in the Wahgi Valley in the Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Employed at The Australian National University from 1959 to 1988 when she retired, Reay passed away in 2004. In 2011 this manuscript was found in her personal papers, reconstructed, and edited by Francesca Merlan, augmented here by an additional introduction by eminent anthropologist of the Highlands, and of gender, Marilyn Strathern. Had this manuscript appeared when Reay apparently completed it in its present form – around 1965 – it would have been the first published ethnography of women’s lives in the Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Its retrieval from Reay’s papers, and availability now, adds a new dimension to works on gender relations in Melanesian societies, and to the history of Australian and Pacific anthropology.
Book Synopsis Woman, Culture, and Society by : Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo
Download or read book Woman, Culture, and Society written by Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Female anthropologists scan patterns and changes in women's roles in various social systems
Book Synopsis Society, Women and Literature in Africa by : Orabueze, Florence Onyebuchi
Download or read book Society, Women and Literature in Africa written by Orabueze, Florence Onyebuchi and published by M & J Grand Orbit Communications. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society, Women and Literature in Africa explores the ideological, literary, political, cultural and ethical issues related to feminist writing. She discusses how contemporary African writers have tried to counteract men’s false assumptions about sex, love, society, fecundity and womanhood, and further details how African writers have responded to the demands of feminism. “Woman’s Cross Cultural Burden in the selected works of West African Female writers” explores the recurrent themes of motherhood, polygamy, abandonment and widowhood in the works of Nwapa, Emecheta, Alkali, Aidoo and Mariama Bâ. In “Prostitution: A Metaphor for the Degradation of Womanhood in Bode Osanyin’s the Noble Mistress”, the author approaches the subject of woman degradation in society from the perspectives of comprehensive research and an in-depth referencing. “Gendered Social Division of Labour in the African Novel” explores the theme of unfairness, of institutionalized differentiation in the African novel. It reveals the total emasculation of woman in patriarchy and her desire to be liberated from male-annexation. “The Prison World of Nigeria Woman: Female Reticence in Sefi Attah’s “Everything Good Will Come”, the author explores the dimensions of “gender silences”. She shows how woman’s voice has been stolen in patriarchy, thus rendering her a social and political mutant. “Womanhood as a Metaphor for Sexual Slavery in Nawal El Saddawi’s Woman at Point Zero” underscores that in patriarchy a woman is educated to make an object of herself for male pleasure. She is excluded from politics as a result of religion. “The Ugly Face of Ghana in the New Millennium: Alienation of Children in Amma Darko’s Faceless” is a stylistic study of the consequences of globalization in postindependent Ghana. In “The Theme of Dispossession in A.N Akwanya’s the Pilgrim Foot”, the author examines the myriad perspectives of dispossession and the dispossessor.
Book Synopsis Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain by : Catherine M. Jaffe
Download or read book Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain written by Catherine M. Jaffe and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In original essays drawn from a myriad of archival materials, Society Women and Enlightened Charity in Spain reveals how the members of the Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, founded in 1787 to administer charities and schools for impoverished women and children, claimed a role in the public sphere through their self-representation as civic mothers and created an enlightened legacy for modern feminism in Spain.
Book Synopsis Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society by : Rubie S. Watson
Download or read book Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society written by Rubie S. Watson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-04-02 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now our understanding of marriage in China has been based primarily on observations made during the twentieth century. The research of ten eminent scholars presented here provides a new vision of marriage in Chinese history, exploring the complex interplay between marriage and the social, political, economic, and gender inequalities that have so characterized Chinese society.
Book Synopsis Male Daughters, Female Husbands by : Professor Ifi Amadiume
Download or read book Male Daughters, Female Husbands written by Professor Ifi Amadiume and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands, to critical acclaim. This compelling and highly original book frees the subject position of 'husband' from its affiliation with men, and goes on to do the same for other masculine attributes, dislocating sex, gender and sexual orientation. Boldly arguing that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference, Male Daughters, Female Husbands examines the structures in African society that enabled people to achieve power, showing that roles were not rigidly masculinized nor feminized. At a time when gender and queer theory are viewed by some as being stuck in an identity-politics rut, this outstanding study not only warns against the danger of projecting a very specific, Western notion of difference onto other cultures, but calls us to question the very concept of gender itself.
Book Synopsis The Secret Lives Of Society Wives - Box Set, Books 5-6 by : Maureen Child
Download or read book The Secret Lives Of Society Wives - Box Set, Books 5-6 written by Maureen Child and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Once–A–Mistress Wife by Katherine Garbera Mary Duvall came back to Eastwick to claim her inheritance –– not to rekindle a romantic relationship with millionaire Kane Brentwood! Years ago she'd been content as the English lord's mistress, but she swore she'd never surrender to him again. Now she has no choice but to resist his attempts at seduction. To gain her millions, she must avoid any hint of scandal. Kane may be used to getting what he wants, but Mary has no intention of giving in and facing the truth about her past The Part–Time Wife by Maureen Child When Luke Talbot arrived late to the high–society soirée, then rushed her home for safeguarding, Abby came to realise her husband was leading a double life. His secrets –– however necessary –– tore at her insecurities. How could she have married this man, slept in his arms, given him her heart...never knowing who he truly was? His lies left her no choice. She filed for divorce...and discovered that Luke wasn't about to let her go without a fight.
Book Synopsis Society Wives: Secret Lives: The Rags-To-Riches Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The Soon-To-Be-Disinherited Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The One-Week Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) (Mills & Boon By Request) by : Metsy Hingle
Download or read book Society Wives: Secret Lives: The Rags-To-Riches Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The Soon-To-Be-Disinherited Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The One-Week Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) (Mills & Boon By Request) written by Metsy Hingle and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rags-To-Riches Wife Millionaire Jack Cartwright hadn’t known his lover’s name. But when he got a letter saying working-class Lilly was expecting his child, he went looking for her – with marriage in mind!
Book Synopsis Husbands, Wives, and Concubines by : Emlyn Eisenach
Download or read book Husbands, Wives, and Concubines written by Emlyn Eisenach and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2004-05-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emlyn Eisenach uses a wide range of sources, including the richly detailed and previously unexplored records of nearly two hundred marriage-related disputes from the bishop’s court of Verona, to illuminate family and social relations in early modern northern Italy. Arguing against the common emphasis on the growth of law and government in this period, her study emphasizes the fluidity of the principles that governed marriage and its dissolution, and deepens our understanding of the patriarchal family and its complex relationship with gender and status during the sixteenth century. Peopled by characters from across the social spectrum of the city of Verona and its contado, Eisenach’s study moves between stories about specific individuals—serving girls seeking honorable marriage through the unlikely route of concubinage, peasant men in search of independence from their fathers, and aristocratic wives seeking revenge against adulterous husbands—and broader analyses of social, economic, and geographical patterns of behavior. She shows how the Veronese at all social levels attempted to better their familial and personal fortunes by creatively molding wedding rituals to fit their particular circumstances, or engaging in the significant but until now little understood practices of concubinage, clandestine marriage, or informal marriage dissolution. Eisenach also evaluates the first half-century of religious reforms in Verona as the leading pre-Tridentine bishop Gian Matteo Giberti and his successors challenged common practices and understandings in sermons, treatises, confessionals, and court. Emphasizing the limitations of what the religious authorities could impose on the people, she explores how learned and popular notions of marriage, family, and gender shaped each other as they were put into action in the strategies of individual Veronese.
Book Synopsis Society Wives: Love Or Money: The Bought-and-Paid-for Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The Once-A-Mistress Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The Part-Time Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) (Mills & Boon By Request) by : Bronwyn Jameson
Download or read book Society Wives: Love Or Money: The Bought-and-Paid-for Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The Once-A-Mistress Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) / The Part-Time Wife (Secret Lives of Society Wives) (Mills & Boon By Request) written by Bronwyn Jameson and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bought-and-Paid-for Wife Tristan Thorpe stood between Vanessa and the inheritance she desperately needed. He saw her as his late father’s trophy wife and judged her accordingly – until a passionate argument suddenly turned into a soul-burning kiss...
Book Synopsis The Secret Lives Of Society Wives - Box Set, Books 3-4 by : Patricia Kay
Download or read book The Secret Lives Of Society Wives - Box Set, Books 3-4 written by Patricia Kay and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The One–Week Wife by Patricia Kay Not so long ago, she'd been planning his wedding to another woman. Now Felicity Farnsworth was sharing his honeymoon suite! It had been a shock when dashing Reid Kelly the former fiance of one of her best friends had invited her to join him in Cozumel for one week, no strings attached. Despite all the reasons she'd declined, two reasons made Felicity board the flight she'd secretly, desperately wanted this to happen...and so, apparently, had Reid! The Bought–And–Paid–For Wife by Bronwyn Jameson The last person widow Vanessa Thorpe expected to see on her doorstep was Tristan Thorpe her deceased husband's estranged son. Tristan stood between her and the inheritance she desperately needed. Despite the attraction simmering between them, she could not let him win! As far as Tristan was concerned, Vanessa was a trophy wife young, stunning and cunning who married his father for money. He was determined to reveal every dirty little secret she had. That is, until a rage–filled argument suddenly turned into a soul–burning kiss
Book Synopsis Prostitution and Victorian Society by : Judith R. Walkowitz
Download or read book Prostitution and Victorian Society written by Judith R. Walkowitz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-10-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of alliances between prostitutes and femminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police.
Book Synopsis Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Toyin Falola
Download or read book Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Toyin Falola and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhaustive exploration of the sociocultural, political, and economic roles of African women through history demonstrates how African women have shaped—and continue to shape—their societies. Women play essential, critical roles in every society; African women south of the Sahara are certainly no different. Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa adds significantly to our understanding of the ways in which women contribute to the fabric of human civilization. This book provides an in-depth exploration of African women's roles in society from precolonial periods to the contemporary era. Topical sections describe the roles that women play in family, courtship and marriage, religion, work, literature and arts, and government. Each of the six chapters has been structured to elucidate women's roles and functions in society as partners, as active participants, as defenders of their status and occupations, and as agents of change. Authors Nana Akua Amponsah and Toyin Falola present a thought-provoking work that looks at the complicated victimhood/powerful-female paradigm in women and gender studies in Africa, and challenge ideological interest in African historiography that privilege male representation.
Book Synopsis Gender and Women's Leadership by : Karen O'Connor
Download or read book Gender and Women's Leadership written by Karen O'Connor and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 1105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These volumes provide an authoritative reference resource on leadership issues specific to women and gender, with a focus on positive aspects and opportunities for leadership in various domains.
Author :Emile Adriaan Benvenuto van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal Publisher :LIT Verlag Münster ISBN 13 :9783825835491 Total Pages :260 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (354 download)
Book Synopsis Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and Power in West African Societies by : Emile Adriaan Benvenuto van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
Download or read book Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and Power in West African Societies written by Emile Adriaan Benvenuto van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gender and imperialism by : Clare Midgley
Download or read book Gender and imperialism written by Clare Midgley and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book marks an important new intervention into a vibrant area of scholarship, creating a dialogue between the histories of imperialism and of women and gender. By engaging critically with both traditional British imperial history and colonial discourse analysis, the essays demonstrate how feminist historians can play a central role in creating new histories of British imperialism. Chronologically, the focus is on the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries, while geographically the essays range from the Caribbean to Australia and span India, Africa, Ireland and Britain itself. Topics explored include the question of female agency in imperial contexts, the relationships between feminism and nationalism, and questions of sexuality, masculinity and imperial power.
Book Synopsis Marriage Proposals by : Anita Bernstein
Download or read book Marriage Proposals written by Anita Bernstein and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in Marriage Proposals envision a variety of scenarios in which adults would continue to join themselves together seeking permanent companionship and sustenance, linking sexual intimacy to a long commitment, usually caring for each other, and building new families. What would disappear are the legal consequences associated with marriage. No joint income tax return; no immigration privileges like the “fiancée visa” or the right to bring in a husband or wife; no special statuses for prison visits or hospital decisions; no prerogative to remain silent in court by claiming “confidential marital communications”; no pension entitlements; no marital benefits and detriments regarding criminal or civil liability. The anthology makes a unique contribution amid the two marriage furors of the day: same-sex marriage and the Bush Administration's “marriage movement” (that marrying is good and more marriages would be better for society). Abolishing the legal category of marriage is the only policy suggestion in current American discourse that speaks to both causes. Activists on both sides of the same-sex marriage fight, along with marriage movement partisans, all seek improvement through law reform. Marriage Proposals gives them a viable reform—abolition of marriage as a legal status—for fighting battles in the courtroom and the streets. Contributors include Anita Bernstein, Peggy Cooper Davis, Martha Albertson Fineman, Linda C. McClain, Marshall Miller, Lawrence Rosen, Mary Lyndon Shanley, and Dorian Solot.
