{"product_id":"mother-is-gold-father-is-glass-gender-and-colonialism-in-a-yoruba-town-9780253222534","title":"Mother Is Gold, Father Is Glass: Gender and Colonialism in a Yoruba Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eLorelle D. Semley explores the historical and political meanings of motherhood in West Africa and beyond, showing that the roles of women were far more complicated than previously thought. While in K tu, B nin, Semley discovered that women were treasurers, advisors, ritual specialists, and colonial agents in addition to their more familiar roles as queens, wives, and sisters. These women with special influence made it difficult for the French and others to enforce an ideal of subordinate women. As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear why powerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everyday practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorelle D. Semley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253222534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorelle D. Semley is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Wesleyan University. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures \u003c\/i\u003eand she is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eCrossing Memories: Slavery and African Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39946315038835,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b6bd48d6-0388-43e4-93bb-e8d13974d966.jpg?v=1648313849","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/mother-is-gold-father-is-glass-gender-and-colonialism-in-a-yoruba-town-9780253222534","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}