Emily Jenan Riley

Teraanga Republic

Women's Authority and Politics in Senegal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Teraanga Republic challenges our perceptions of governance, gender, authority, politics, and religion on a global scale. Riley unveils the importance of contemporary patronage in Senegal and highlights the forms of governance that Senegalese women envision for themselves and their communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9780253072627
• ISBN-10: 025307262X
• Artikelnr.: 70901070

Autorenporträt

Emily Jenan Riley is Associate Professor and Researcher in the Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México. She holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology and lives in Mexico City.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Wolof Orthography and Translation
Notes on Ethics and Naming
Political Parties and Organizations Abbreviations
Introduction: Welcome to the Land of Teraanga
1. One Wedding and a Funeral: Social Reproduction and the Gendering of
Teraanga
2. Sénégalaisement and the Politics of Personality
3. From Associations to Parliament: Development Politics and Parité
Biographies of the Women of the Teraanga Republic
4. Patronas and Hustlers: Women's Associations and Patrona-Client Networks
5. Good Women, Good Deeds: Religious Identity and Political Ambition
6. Political Economies of Teraanga
7. Is Senegal Ready for a Female President?
Epilogue: Is the Future Female?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index