Sex and the Empire That is No More: Gender and the Politics of Metaphor in Oyo Yoruba Religion

Sex and the Empire That is No More: Gender and the Politics of Metaphor in Oyo Yoruba Religion

by J.LorandMatory (Author)

Synopsis

In the 1994 U. of Minnesota Press edition, Matory (anthropology, African and African American studies, Harvard U.) proposed a "new politics of ethnography" that recognizes the unique gendered social relationships of each culture. In a new preface to this reprint, he argues that "sex" is more culturally than genetically constructed. Taking into acco

$45.13

Quantity

20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 295
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 01 Dec 2002

ISBN 10: 1571813071
ISBN 13: 9781571813077