Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813917921 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bay is Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University and is the editor of several books in African studies.. Edna G
Thoughtful; 4.5 Stars R. Albin A very interesting and generally well written analysis of the monarchy of the west African kingdom of Dahomey from the early 18th century to its extinction by the French at the end of the 19th century. Bay particularly emphasizes the roles of women in the Dahomean monarchy and rule of the Dahomean state. Eighteenth and 19th century E. "Top-notch history" according to Bill Belli. If you are interested in the history of African kingdoms, the former Slave Coast, kingdom politics or just ethnography, this book is worth your time to read. It is not "gender history," it is a well-rounded, well-researched examination of an unusual kingdom, presenting many sides of the complex society which produced and supported th. "Great Research" according to Upstate New Yorker. Excellent research and understanding of subject by Edna. Bay. Will be a classic!
Edna Bay challenges existing interpretations, advancing our knowledge of Dahomey and suggesting questions and paths to pursue in the study of other political systems in Africa and other parts of the world. (Beverly J. A truly mature work of scholarship, Wives of the Leopard blurs the divisions between political and social history, between ritual studies and military history, between anthropology and history. Stoeltje, Indiana University)
The second was the palace, a household of several thousand wives of the king who supported and managed state functions.Looking at Dahomey against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade and the growth of European imperialism, Edan G. Wives of the Leopard explores power and culture in a pre-colonial West African state whose army of women and practice of human sacrifice earned it notoriety in the racist imagination of late nineteenth-century Europe and America. Bay reaches for a distinctly Dahomean perspective as she weaves togeth