{"product_id":"9780253112187","title":"Africa After Gender?","description":"\u003cp\u003eGender is one of the most productive, dynamic, and vibrant areas of\u003cbr\u003e Africanist research today. But what is the meaning of gender in an African context?\u003cbr\u003e Why does gender usually connote women? Why has gender taken hold in Africa when\u003cbr\u003e feminism hasn't? Is gender yet another Western construct that has been applied to\u003cbr\u003e Africa however ill-suited and riddled with assumptions? Africa After Gender? looks\u003cbr\u003e at Africa now that gender has come into play to consider how the continent, its\u003cbr\u003e people, and the term itself have changed. Leading Africanist historians,\u003cbr\u003e anthropologists, literary critics, and political scientists move past simple\u003cbr\u003e dichotomies, entrenched debates, and polarizing identity politics to present an\u003cbr\u003e evolving discourse of gender. They show gender as an applied rather than theoretical\u003cbr\u003e tool and discuss themes such as the performance of sexuality, lesbianism, women's\u003cbr\u003e political mobilization, the work of gendered NGOs, and the role of masculinity in a\u003cbr\u003e gendered world. For activists, students, and scholars, this book reveals a rich and\u003cbr\u003e cross-disciplinary view of the status of gender in Africa\u003cbr\u003e today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors are Hussaina J. Abdullah, Nwando Achebe, Susan\u003cbr\u003e Andrade, Eileen Boris, Catherine M. Cole, Paulla A. Ebron, Eileen Julien, Lisa A.\u003cbr\u003e Lindsay, Adrienne MacIain, Takyiwaa Manuh, Stephan F. Miescher, Helen Mugambi, Gay\u003cbr\u003e Seidman, Sylvia Tamale, Bridget Teboh, Lynn M. Thomas, and Nana\u003cbr\u003e Wilson-Tagoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067985281264,"sku":"9780253112187","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112187_p0.jpg?v=1763681783","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112187","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}