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020			_a9781139344333 (ebook)
020			_z9781107030800 (hardback)
020			_z9781107547193 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHQ759 _b.S6884 2013
082	0	0	_a306.874/3096761 _223
100	1		_aStephens, Rhiannon, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA History of African Motherhood : _bThe Case of Uganda, 700–1900 / _cRhiannon Stephens.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (311 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aAfrican Studies ; _v127
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis history of African motherhood over the longue durée demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to social, economic, cultural and political life. The book explores how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than biology, motherhood created essential social and political connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic divides. The importance of motherhood as an ideology and a social institution meant that in chiefdoms and kingdoms queen mothers were powerful officials who legitimated the power of kings. This was the case in Buganda, the many kingdoms of Busoga, and the polities of Bugwere. By taking a long-term perspective from c.700 to 1900 CE and using an interdisciplinary approach - drawing on historical linguistics, comparative ethnography, and oral traditions and literature, as well as archival sources - this book shows the durability, mutability and complexity of ideologies of motherhood in this region.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107030800
830		0	_aAfrican Studies ; _v127.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139344333
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37680 _d37680