Feminist Knowledge | Review Essay: African Feminist Studies: 1980-2002
African
Feminist Studies: 1980-2002
A Review Essay
for the African Gender Institute's "Strengthening Gender and Women's Studies
for Africa's Social Transformation" Project
by Desiree Lewis
Edited by Barbara Boswell
Contents
Feminist Theory and Women's Movements in Africa
History
and Social Transformation
1. Pre-colonial History
2. Colonialism
3. Social History
Women,
Politics and the State
1. Women and Politics in the Pre-colonial Period
2. Women and the Post-colonial State
3. Nationalism, Militarism and Peace-building
4. Gender and State Policy
Labour,
Economy and Development
1. Women's Work
2. Approaches to Development
Women's
Health
1. Sexuality
2. AIDS Research
3. Gender-based Violence
Religion
and Education
1. Approaches to Christianity and Islam
2. Education
3. Women's Studies and Popular Education
Life
Histories, Oral Narratives and Biographies
1. Life History in Historical Research
2. 'Herstories from Below'
Literary
and Cultural Studies
1. Literary Studies in the Broader Context of
the Humanities
2. The Impact of Post-structuralist and Post-colonial
Criticism
3. Reading Culture