Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Patriarchal Myth: Deconstruction and Reconstruction
- 2 Correlating Linguistics and Archaeology in East-Central African History
- 3 The Early Social History of East-Central Africa
- 4 Women's Authority: Female Coalitions, Politics, and Religion
- 5 Women's Authority and Female Initiation in East-Central African History
- 6 Pots, Hoes, and Food: Women in Technology and Production
- 7 Sacred, but Never Profane: Sex and Sexuality in East-Central African History
- 8 Kucilinga na Lesa Kupanshanya Mayo
- Bibliography
- Index
- Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Patriarchal Myth: Deconstruction and Reconstruction
- 2 Correlating Linguistics and Archaeology in East-Central African History
- 3 The Early Social History of East-Central Africa
- 4 Women's Authority: Female Coalitions, Politics, and Religion
- 5 Women's Authority and Female Initiation in East-Central African History
- 6 Pots, Hoes, and Food: Women in Technology and Production
- 7 Sacred, but Never Profane: Sex and Sexuality in East-Central African History
- 8 Kucilinga na Lesa Kupanshanya Mayo
- Bibliography
- Index
- Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
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- Women's Authority and Society in Early East-Central Africa , pp. 181 - 187Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010