Proverbs and Patriarchy

Analysis of Linguistic Prejudice and Representation of Women in Traditional Akan Communities of Ghana

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5936660
AutoresCharles Gyan (0000-0001-5737-8475, University of Regina, autor correspondente), Eunice Abbey (0000-0003-1748-4454, Methodist University College Ghana), Michael Baffoe (University of Manitoba)
Ano2020
Volume9
Fascículo3
Páginas22
Data de publicação2020-02-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci9030022
OpenAlexW3007683459
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas10

Discourses govern the phenomenological interpretation of our everyday existence and influence both our way of thinking and our relationship with one another in the world. Undoubtedly, popular sayings and proverbs mediate the way of being in African context. This paper examines the role of proverbs and wise sayings in the African culture. This paper attempts to analyze the representation of women in sampled Akan proverbs and the ways in which these proverbs institutionalize the position, identity, and roles of women in traditional Akan communities of Ghana. This paper suggests that oral traditions are used in the systematic perpetuation of patriarchal culture, gender inequities, and inequality. Therefore, it recommends the revolutionalization of oral traditions to assist in the deinstitutionalization of the prevailing patriarchal discourses and culture in traditional Akan communities of Ghana

Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Identity (music · Inequality · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Representation (politics · Sociology · Stereotype (UML · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology