{"product_id":"9783031134746","title":"Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora: On the Epistemic Value of Names","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora: On the Epistemic Value of Names\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eOyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́; Girma, Hewan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the epistemic value of African names, this edited collection is based on the premise that personal names constitute valuable sources of historical and ethnographic information and help to unveil endogenous forms of knowledge.  The chapters assembled here document and analyze personal names and naming practices in a slew of African societies on the geographically vast and ethnically diverse continent, including contributions on the naming practices in Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda. The contributors to this anthology are scholars from different African language communities who investigate names and naming practices diachronically. Taken together, their work offers a comparative focus that juxtaposes different African cultures and reveals the historical and epistemic significance of given names.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2023-06-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031134746\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-13475-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 220\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46026372546700,"sku":"9783031134746","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031134746.jpg?v=1777997603","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031134746","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}