@book{2021:fynn_bruey:patriarchy, title = {Patriarchy and Gender in Africa}, year = {2021}, note = {This timely and expansive multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary collection dissects precolonial, colonial, and post-independence issues of male dominance, power, and control over the female body in the legal, socio-cultural, and political contexts in Africa. Contributors focus on the historical, theoretical, and empirical narratives of intersecting perspectives of gender and patriarchy in at least ten countries across the major sub-regions of the African continent. In these well-researched chapters, authors provide a deeper understanding of patriarchy and gender inequality in identifying misogyny, resisting male supremacy, reforming discriminatory laws, embracing human-centered public policies, expanding academic scholarship on the continent, and more.}, edition = {1}, publisher = {Lexington}, address = {Lanham}, series = {}, volume = {}, editor = {Fynn Bruey, Veronica} }