Women, Property and Power

This article explores certain contradictions surrounding women and their holding of power within Yoruba culture taking into account a number of factors including women’s access to land and property.
Author: 
Barnes, Sandra T
Year: 
1990
Source publication: 
Peggy Reeves and Ruth Gallagher Goodenough (eds). Beyond the second sex: new directions in the anthropology of gender.University of Pennsylvania Press