Title: The Self viewed from ‘Within’ or ‘Without’ Twists and Turns in Gender Identity in a Patrilineal Society
Abstract: 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.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-05-10
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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