African women legends and the spirituality of resistance

"This volume focuses on African indigenous women legends and their potential to serve as midwives for gender empowerment and for contributing towards African feminist theories. It considers the intersection of gender and spirituality in subverting patriarchy, colonialism, anthropocentricism, ca...

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Collaborateurs: Dube Shomanah, Musa W. 1964- (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Musili, Telesia K. (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Owusu-Ansah, Sylvia (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York, NY Routledge 2024
Dans:Année: 2024
Édition:1 Edition
Sujets non-standardisés:B Feminist Theology (Africa)
B Philosophy, Africa History
B Women and religion (Africa)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: African women legends and the spirituality of resistance. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. - 9781003460978
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Résumé:"This volume focuses on African indigenous women legends and their potential to serve as midwives for gender empowerment and for contributing towards African feminist theories. It considers the intersection of gender and spirituality in subverting patriarchy, colonialism, anthropocentricism, capitalism as well elevating African women to the social space of speaking as empowered subjects with public influence. The chapters examine historical, cultural, and religious African women legends who became champions of liberation and their approach to social justice. The authors suggest that the stories of resistance featured hold great potential for building justice-loving Earth Communities. The book will be of interest to scholars of religion, gender studies, Indigenous studies, African studies, African-Indigenous Knowledges and postcolonial studies"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:103258727X