Matri-archive: A New Portal to Knowledge Production in African Studies
In An Intimate Rebuke, Laura Grillo uncovers for Western audiences what is taken for granted in numerous sub-Saharan African societies: the ontological status and cosmic authority postmenopausal Mothers have to disrupt injustice and restore stability during periods of social violence. Through her et...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Review |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2019]
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Journal of Africana religions
Année: 2019, Volume: 7, Numéro: 2, Pages: 310-315 |
| Compte rendu de: | An Intimate Rebuke: Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in West Africa (Duke University Press, 2018) (Stewart, Dianne M.) |
| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse BB Religions traditionnelles ou tribales KBN Afrique subsaharienne NBE Anthropologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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| Résumé: | In An Intimate Rebuke, Laura Grillo uncovers for Western audiences what is taken for granted in numerous sub-Saharan African societies: the ontological status and cosmic authority postmenopausal Mothers have to disrupt injustice and restore stability during periods of social violence. Through her ethnographic research, she contributes new insights to the conversation on matriarchy, matricentricity (Amadiume), and mothernity (Oyewùmí) in Africa. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Référence: | Kritik in "Excavating the Matri-archive (2019)"
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| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.7.2.2019.0310 |