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Nigerian Women in Cultural, Political and Public Spaces

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Editors:
  1. Mobolanle Sotunsa

    1. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

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  2. Anthonia Makwemoisa Yakubu

    1. Department of English Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

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  • Offers a novel insight into Nigerian women's gender and power dynamics
  • Documents the contributions of Nigerian women to nation building at the micro and macro levels
  • Identifies and critiques some of the challenges Nigerian women continue to experience in a patriarchal society

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction: African Women in Cultural, Political and Public Spaces

    • Anthonia Makwemoisa Yakubu, Mobolanle Sotunsa
    Pages 1-12

  4. Nigerian Women and Media Engagements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Female Engagement and Nollywood in Postmodern Africa

      • Gloria Ifeoma Okolie
      Pages 83-97

    3. Gender Issues in the Nigerian Public Relations Profession

      • Omolayo Olusola Jegede, Helen Odunola Adekoya, Feyishara Olojo
      Pages 99-113

    4. Influence of Television Viewing on Eating Disorders Among Female Nigerian Undergraduates of Universities of Jos and Lagos

      • Johnson Babafemi Akintayo, Adachukwu Grace Okafo
      Pages 115-134

    5. Audience Perception of the Role of Culture and Media in Gender Stereotypes in Nigerian Television Commercials

      • Aminat Sheriff Owolabi, Ganiyu Olalekan Akashoro, Abdulgaffar Olawale Arikewuyo, Bashir Amoda Ajijola
      Pages 135-150

    6. ICT as a Tool for Women’s Empowerment

      • Ruth Amanze
      Pages 151-171

  5. African Women and Legal Frameworks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Towards Women’s Career Advancements: The Banality of Recognition of Marital Rape in Nigeria

      • Adekunbi Imosemi
      Pages 175-196

    3. Leadership and Gender Diversity on Corporate Board in Nigeria

      • Veronica Ekundayo, Dorcas A. Odunaike
      Pages 197-225

    4. Customary Law of Succession in Nigeria: Rethinking the Legal Status of Women

      • Ademola A. Taiwo, Adekunbi Imosemi, Seyi Apampa, Chinaka Emmanuel
      Pages 227-241

    5. The Objectives of Gender Studies in Translation

      • Simon Aboluwarin
      Pages 243-257

    6. Social Media Re-victimization and Stigmatization of Sexual Assault Victims: Exploring the Representation and Social Reactions of Sexual Assault Cases in Nigeria

      • Helen Odunola Adekoya, Oluwadamilare Jegede, Oguchi Ajaegbu, Babafemi Johnson Akintayo
      Pages 259-279
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About this book

This book will provide empirical engagements of African women in the private and public spaces and their adaptations, alterations and and integration of the private and public spaces. This approach is contrary to most existing studies which may not necessarily provide contextual and empirical evidences of the debates about the spaces of women or interrogate both the private and public spaces in a single volume. This book will offer a novel insight into gender and power dynamics, especially as it relates to the cultural spaces, private spaces and public spaces which African women occupy and subjugate. The fourteen papers in this book critically examine the African women in different positions within the private and public spaces, the strong inhibiting presence of patriarchy, and the resistance women display to empower themselves. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

    Mobolanle Sotunsa

  • Department of English Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

    Anthonia Makwemoisa Yakubu

About the editors

Mobolanle Sotunsa has authored and (co)edited several volumes including Feminism and Gender Discourse: The African Experience, Women in Africa: Contexts, Rights, Hegemonies, Gender Culture and Development in Africa, Expressions of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Africa, and Imagining Vernacular Histories: Essays in Honour of Toyin Falola.

Anthonia Makkwemoisa Yakubu is Associate Professor of Gender and Oral Literature at National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos. Her research interests are in the areas of gender, autobiography, film, and oral folklore, and she has published a number of papers in these subject areas, including editing a 4-volume biographical compendium on African women.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nigerian Women in Cultural, Political and Public Spaces

  • Editors: Mobolanle Sotunsa, Anthonia Makwemoisa Yakubu

  • Series Title: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40582-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40581-5Published: 24 November 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40584-6Due: 25 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-40582-2Published: 23 November 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2946-3793

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-3807

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: African Culture, Gender Studies, African Politics

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