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Matriarchy
About: Matriarchy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 124 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1660 citations.
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1 Jan 1997
TL;DR: The history of women's achievements in African political systems is discussed in this paper, where the authors re-write history by re-writing the history and re-colonizing it.
Abstract: * Introduction Writing Africa * African social history and the sociology of history * PART ONE RE-WRITING HISTORY * Chapter One The Matriarchal Roots of Africa * Chapter Two Race and Gender * Cheikh Anta Diop's Moral Philosophy * Chapter Three Theorizing Matriarchy in Africa * Kinship Ideologies and socio-cultural systems in Africa and Europe * Chapter Four Women's Achievements in African Political Systems * Transforming culture for 500 years * Chapter Five Gender and Social Movements in Africa * A West African experience * Chapter Six Gender and the Contestation of Religion * A historical perspective on African societies * PART TWO DE-COLONIZING HISTORY * Chapter Seven African Women and Politics * A history of transformation * Chapter Eight Cycles of Western Imperialism * Feminism, race, gender, class and power * Chapter Nine In the Company of Women * Love, struggle, class and our feminisms
335 citations
TL;DR: For a century a notion of a prehistoric Mother Goddess has infused some perceptions of ancient Europe, whatever the realities of developing archaeological knowledge as mentioned in this paper, and with the reverent respect now being given to Marija Gimbutas, and her special vision of a perfect matriarchy in Old Europe, a daughter-goddess is now being made, bearer of a holy spirit in our own time, to be set alongside the wise mother of old.
Abstract: For a century a notion of a prehistoric Mother Goddess has infused some perceptions of ancient Europe, whatever the realities of developing archaeological knowledge. With the reverent respect now being given to Marija Gimbutas, and her special vision of a perfect matriarchy in Old Europe, a daughter-goddess is now being made, bearer of a holy spirit in our own time, to be set alongside the wise mother of old.
156 citations
Book•
1 Jan 1997
TL;DR: Feminism and the Woman Question in the early Nineteenth century Men in feminism: William Thompson and the Unitarian radicals The tragic tale of Caroline Norton Harriet Martineau and the slow development of feminist consciousness Feminism, Evangelicalism, and women's sphere as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION 1. Feminism and the Rights of Women Socia change and sexual difference in the late eighteenth century Mary Wollstonecraft and the origins of modern Feminism Feminism and the Woman question 2. Feminism and the Women Question in the early Nineteenth Century Men in feminism: William Thompson and the Unitarian radicals The tragic tale of Caroline Norton Harriet Martineau and the slow development of feminist consciousness Feminism, Evangelicalism, and 'Women's sphere' 3. Mid-Victorian Feminism The Langham Place circle and the ghost of Mary Wollstonecraft Feminism, liberalism, and the problem of sexual oppression Feminist campaigns and feminist strategies Nation and empire in Victorian feminism 4. The New Woman and the Militant Feminism and the new woman Feminism, the labour movement, and working-class women Militancy Feminism and imperialism 5. Feminism and the Woman Citizen in the Inter-War Years The legacy of War A feminist programme Training women for citizenship Feminist questions and party politics From politics to culture: feminist theory in the 1920s and 1930s Feminism and internationalism 6. The Post-War World The impact of war Feminist organizations and the feminist agenda The woman question in the 1950s and 1960s AFTERWORD: FROM FEMINISM TO FEMINISMS NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
110 citations
TL;DR: The Myth of the Black Matriarchy as discussed by the authors is a well-known topic in the history of women's studies and it has been studied extensively in the last few decades, e.g.
Abstract: (1981). The Myth of the Black Matriarchy. The Black Scholar: Vol. 12, The Best of the Black Scholar: The Black Woman, pp. 26-34.
102 citations
Book•
1 Jan 1967
TL;DR: The Swiss thinker J. J. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or "mother right", but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to our understanding of cultural history.
Abstract: The Swiss thinker J. J. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or "mother right," but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to our understanding of cultural history. This book includes an autobiographical essay and selections from An Essay on Ancient Mortuary Symbolism, Mother Right, and The Myth of Tanaquil.
98 citations
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