Title Women, agency, and the state in Guinea : silent politics / Carole Ammann

Published New York : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge studies on gender and sexuality in Africa Routledge studies on gender and sexuality in Africa. Contents Introduction : Women's political articulations in a Guinean city -- Gendered conceptions throughout Guinean history -- Contested presidential elections in 2010 -- Expectations of the new president -- The Guinean State doing gender -- Women's limited impacts on institutional politics -- Everyday politics -- Struggling for recognition : interactions with local authorities -- Conclusion : women's silent politics Summary "This book examines how women in Guinea articulate themselves politically within and outside institutional politics. It documents the everyday practices that local female actors adopt to deal with the continuous economic, political, and social insecurities that emerge in times of political transformations. Carole Ammann argues that women's political articulations in Muslim Guinea do not primarily take place within women's associations or institutional politics such as political parties; but instead women's silent forms of politics manifest in their daily agency, that is, when they make a living, study, marry, meet friends, raise their children, and do household chores. The book also analyses the relationship between the female population and the local authorities and discusses when and why women's claim making enjoys legitimacy in the eyes of other men and women, as well as representatives of 'traditional' authorities and the local government. Paying particular attention to intersectional perspectives, this book will be of interest to scholars of African studies, social anthropology, political anthropology, the anthropology of gender and urban anthropology, gender studies, and Islamic studies"-- Provided by publisher Analysis africa african women articulations muslim africa passive networks political particpation west africa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Women -- Political activity -- Guinea Political participation -- Sex differences -- Guinea Women -- Guinea -- Social conditions -- 21st century Urban women -- Guinea -- Kankan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women -- Government policy -- Guinea Urban anthropology -- Guinea -- Kankan SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies Political participation -- Sex differences Urban anthropology Urban women -- Social conditions Women -- Government policy Women -- Political activity Women -- Social conditions Guinea Guinea -- Kankan Form Electronic book LC no. 2019049292 ISBN 0429576552 9780429199547 0429199546 9780429578663 0429578660 9780429574443 0429574444 9780429576553

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