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BL
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626016
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Semley, Lorelle D.,1969-
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| Title & Author
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Mother is gold, father is glass : : gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town /\ Lorelle D. Semley
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| Publication Statement
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Bloomington :: Indiana University Press,, c2011
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xvi, 235 p. :: ill., map ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780253355454 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0253355451 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780253222534 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0253222532 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": power and vulnerability in Atlantic Africa -- Founding fathers and metaphorical mothers: history, myth, and the making of a kingdom -- How kings lost their mothers: politics of the Atlantic slave trade -- Giving away Kétu's secret: wives on the eve of war -- "Where women really matter": the "queens" of Kétu and the challenge to French imperialism -- "Without family-- there is no true colonization": perspectives on marriage -- "The opening of the eyes": the politics of manhood on the eve of independence -- Mothers and fathers of an Atlantic world -- Epilogue. A rebirth of "public mothers" and kings
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Women-- Benin-- Kétou-- History
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Women, Yoruba-- Political activity-- History
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Mothers-- Political activity-- Africa, West-- History
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Sex role-- Africa, West-- History
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Kétou (Benin), Social life and customs
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Kétou (Benin), History
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Africa, West, History, 1884-1960
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| Dewey Classification
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305.420966
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HQ1811.Z9K487 2011
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