{"product_id":"concubines-and-power-9780816641543","title":"Concubines And Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an important and useful little book that should be of interest to scholars in many fields, both for the data contained in it and for its theoretical analysis.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrica: Journal of the International African Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heidi Nast’s book recovers and reconstitutes this world. It is an imaginative and innovative contribution to cultural geography.\"—\u003ci\u003eCultural Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heidi Nast’s \u003ci\u003eConcubines and Power\u003c\/i\u003e demystifies the exotic, offering an analytical view of concubines’s roles in the communal context of the royal palace in Kano, Nigeria.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConcubines and Power \u003c\/i\u003eis a valuable addition to gendered histories of Nigeria and a product of both excellent scholarship and collaborative ethnographic research. It is a fascinating book that will be of interest to historical and feminist geographers as well as Africanists, historians, archaeologists and anthropologists.\"—\u003ci\u003eSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This product of over ten years of research has resulted in a work that is original and profound. This competent study is rich in ethnography, offering new data on slavery, gender, the management of the Kano palace, grain treasuries, and the role of Islam. Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConcubines and Power \u003c\/i\u003eis an important rethinking of the role of royal concubinage in the historic city-state of Kano in northern Nigeria. At a time when human geography seems to be yet again reconsidering its approach to research, the empirically-rich interpretations found in \u003ci\u003eConcubines and Power\u003c\/i\u003e might serve as an innovative foundation for new qualitative studies of social phenomenon in the past and present.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Professional Geographer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConcubines and Power \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a detailed sociospatial geographical history of the residences, activities, and value of concubines in the Kano palace. It brings together a wealth of information on the lives of women who populate the harem, the heart of the palace, and lends insight into how women contributed to Kano politics and culture during the past 500 years. It will surely inspire further research on Hausa women and their vital roles in the culture.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heidi Nast’s \u003ci\u003eConcubines and Power \u003c\/i\u003eis an outstanding contribution and a remarkably radical departure from previous works on the royal emirate because is highlights the pivotal roles of these concubines in the staging of social, political, and economic power in the city despite their apparently marginal position.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405951410519,"sku":"9780816641543","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816641543.jpg?v=1730494020","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/concubines-and-power-9780816641543","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}