Genre et fondamentalismes /

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Imprint:	Dakar, Sénégal : CODESRIA, Conseil pour le Développement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociale en Afrique, [2018] ©2018
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 417 pages)
Language:	English French
Subject:	Women -- Africa -- Social conditions. Fundamentalism -- Africa. Women's rights -- Africa. Women -- Political activity -- Africa. Women -- Social conditions. Fundamentalism. Women -- Political activity. Women's rights. Africa.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12026773

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Varying Form of Title:	Gender and fundamentalisms
Other authors / contributors:	Sow, Fatou, editor.
ISBN:	9782869787841 2869787847 2869787545 9782869787544
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Text in French and English. Print version record.
Summary:	When, why and how can religion and culture be both sources and places of expression for fundamentalisms, particularly in relation to politics? Those are the central questions asked throughout this book alongside a discussion on the result when religion, strenthened by culture, is used as a political tool to access moral and social power. Cultural and religious messages often form the basis of decisions, laws and programs made in politics, and have a direct effect on society in general, and on women and gender relations in particular. The various forms taken by fundamentalisms in some African countries and the contexts under which they have emerged, the ways in which they (re)shape identities and relationships between men and women are also analysed in this book. These fundamentalisms are frequently sources of concern in social debates, in feminist and feminine organizations as well as in academia and politics. The manipulation of cultures and religions are becoming progressively political, and consequently can cause social discrimination, or even physical, moral, and symbolic violence.
Other form:	Print version: Genre et fondamentalismes. Dakar, Sénégal : CODESRIA, Conseil pour le Développement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociale en Afrique, [2018] 2869787545

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Summary:	When, why and how can religion and culture be both sources, and places of expression for fundamentalisms, particularly in relation to politics? Those are the central questions asked throughout this book alongside a discussion on the result when religion, strenthened by culture, is used as a political tool to access moral and social power. Cultural and religious messages often form the basis of decisions, laws and programs made in politics, and have a direct effect on society in general, and on women and gender relations in particular. The various forms taken by fundamentalisms in some African countries and the contexts under which they have emerged, the ways in which they (re)shape identities and relationships between men and women are also analysed in this book. These fundamentalisms are frequently sources of concern in social debates, in feminist and feminine organizations as well as in academia and politics. The manipulation of cultures and religions are becoming progressively political, and consequently can cause social discrimination, or even physical, moral, and symbolic violence.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 417 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9782869787841 2869787847 2869787545 9782869787544