Nigerian Women in Cultural, Political and Public Spaces [Hardcover]

This book will provide empirical engagements of African women in the private and public spaces and their adaptations, alterations and and integration of the private and public spaces. This approach is contrary to most existing studies which may not necessarily provide contextual and empirical evidences of the debates about the spaces of women or interrogate both the private and public spaces in a single volume. This book will offer a novel insight into gender and power dynamics, especially as it relates to the cultural spaces, private spaces and public spaces which African women occupy and subjugate. The fourteen papers in this book critically examine the African women in different positions within the private and public spaces, the strong inhibiting presence of patriarchy, and the resistance women display to empower themselves. 

1 Introduction: African Women in Cultural, Political and Public Spaces.-Part I Nigerian Women in Cultural Spaces.-2 Ethno-Cultural Construction of Femininity in Igbo Folklore.-3 Women as the Unsung Breadwinners in Igbo Cosmology in Chinua Achebes Things FallApart and Arrow of God.-4 Women as Agents of Change in Some Dance Traditions of Orogun People of Delta State .-5 The Dynamics of Traditional Power Structure: Women,Culture and Leadership in Achebes Things Fall Apart .-Part II Nigerian Women and Media Engagements.-6 Female Engagement and Nollywood in Postmodern Africa.-7 Gender Issues in the Nigerian Public Relations Profession.-8 Influence of Television Viewing on Eating DisordersAmong Female Nigerian Undergraduates of Universities of Jos and Lagos.-9 Audience Perception of the Role of Culture lƒË