Beyond women's empowerment in Africa : exploring dislocation and agency /

Beyond women's empowerment in Africa : exploring dislocation and agency /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Swai, Elinami Veraeli.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:	xv, 220 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women -- Tanzania -- Social conditions. Women in development -- Tanzania. Women -- Africa -- Social conditions. Women in development -- Africa. Women in development. Women -- Social conditions. Africa. Tanzania.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8063192

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ISBN:	9780230102484 (hardback) 0230102484 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book breaks new ground in understanding how modern society has shaped women's knowledge system in Africa and deconstructs long-held myths about the position of ordinary women in the construction of knowledge. Using case studies, it historicizes the experiences of ordinary women in Tanzania and looks at how empowerment is used to, paradoxically, eviscerate women's knowledge systems"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Understanding Dislocation: Concepts and Claims
Women's Knowledge Systems: toward Ambivalence and Silences
Speaking through Fashion: Khanga as Women's Knowledge System
Inside Society: The Role of Women's Knowledge Systems in Africa's Development
The Genesis of Women Disempowerment: the Case of Kilimanjaro
Knowledge is Power and Power is Knowledge: The Politics of Women's Empowerment
Conclusion
Bibliography