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In this book, Oyěwùmí extends her path-breaking thesis that in Yorùbá society, construction of gender is a colonial development since the culture exhibited
Motherhood So White
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Pages: 216
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-20 - Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

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The story every mother in America needs to read. As featured on NPR and the TODAY Show. All moms have to deal with choosing baby names, potty training, finding
Reassembling Motherhood
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Authors: Yasmine Ergas
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-10 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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The word “mother” traditionally meant a woman who bears and nurtures a child. In recent decades, changes in social norms and public policy as well as advanc
Sexing War/Policing Gender
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Historically, there has been reluctance, from mainstream IR scholars as well as feminists, to seriously engage with women’s agency in warfare. Instead, schola
Making Motherhood Work
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The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and social polic