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Men Own the Fields, Women Own the Crops: Gender and Power in the Cameroon Grassfields
Men Own the Fields Women Own the Crops Gender and Power in the Cameroon Grassfields
Author: Miriam Goheen, University of Wisconsin Press
Womens laborproducing both crops and childrenhas long been the linchpin of male status and power throughout Africa. This book lucidly interprets the intricate relations of gender to state-building in Africa by looking historically at control over production and reproduction, from the nineteenth century to the present. Miriam Goheen examines...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780299146740
ISBN-10: 029914674X
Publication Date: 5/1996
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Book Type: Paperback
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