{"product_id":"african-possibilities","title":"African Possibilities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers a bold new blueprint for \u003ci\u003ematriarchitarianism\u003c\/i\u003e, a critique of all forms of social injustice rooted in a distinctly African notion of a shared matriarchal-relational humanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForty years after her hugely influential \u003ci\u003eMale Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society\u003c\/i\u003e—a book that foreshadowed contemporary gender theory three years before Judith Butler''s \u003ci\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e—award-winning author and poet Ifi Amadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation and resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRepresenting the culmination of over 40 years of ground-breaking work on notions of matriarchy at the intersection of the Igbo-African universe and the Western capitalist reality, Amadiume applies her newly developed matriarchitarian principles to a dazzling array of subjects: from religious leadership, kinship and family relations to sexuality, creative writing and matters of conscience in race, class and gender. \u003ci\u003eAfrican Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e explodes our notions of matriarchy into original and compelling arguments and offers a radical alternative approach to the world’s entrenched injustices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow in paperback for the first time and including a new essay by Amadiume on African Indigenous women''s thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503636881781,"sku":"9781350666337","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/african-possibilities","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}