The Self viewed from 'Within' or 'Without' Twists and Turns in Gender Identity in a Patrilineal Society

Bibliographic Data

ID3914374
AuthorsCaroline Ifeka (Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume13
Issue5
Pages401-415
Publication date2010-05-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMankind (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-2328 • E-ISSN: 2204-2121
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1835-9310.1982.tb01240.x
OpenAlexW2001286320
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The paper explores some of the complexities of west African concepts of self and gender. Its point of departure is a conviction that understanding is ill served by Western notions of self and gender, which are based on definitive divisions between the legal and moral self on the one hand, and the self as subjectively known on the other. Moreover, Western concepts of gender oppose male and female, whereas in the African context reciprocity; the 'relations between’ receive emphasis. The analysis uses original fieldwork data, and historical records to present a picture of a conceptual order upon which Western categories are being superimposed

Aesthetics · Context (archaeology) · Conviction · Epistemology · Gender identity · Geography · Identity (music) · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology) · Self · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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