African Mythology, Femininity, and Maternity

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Diop, Ismahan Soukeyna (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Pan-African Psychologies,
• Θέματα: Cross-cultural psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Sociology.; Ethnology-Africa.; Philosophy, Asian.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Gender Studies.; African Culture.; Non-Western Philosophy.

This book explores feminine archetypes and mythological figures in African and European traditions with an underlying goal of describing the foundations of social status for women. The author provides a rich corpus of mythology and tales to illustrate aspects of female and mother-daughter relationsh...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Feminine Figures in African Mythology
• Chapter 3: Symbolic References to the feminine body
• Chapter 4: Correspondences with tales from Europe and Middle East
• Chapter 5: Impact on women's social status
• Chapter 6: Women in the contemporaryAfrican literature
• Chapter 7: Clinical representation of femininity and maternity in the mother-daughter relationship: Analysis of clinical cases
• Chapter 8: Conclusion.