{"product_id":"destined-for-a-life-of-service-9780719080289","title":"Destined for a Life of Service","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study of  the construction of black womanhood in Jamaica between 1865 and 1938 sheds new light on the struggle for full and equal citizenship of people of African descent in the post-emancipation British Caribbean. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eMap of Jamaica\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. ‘Me shame you know’: The ideal and real of lower-class women’s sexuality\u003cbr\u003e2. A woman’s natural destiny: African-Jamaican women and marriage\u003cbr\u003e3. To be a good woman is to be a good mother: Turning African-Jamaican women into self-effacing, loving and caring mothers\u003cbr\u003e4. ‘Men are not the only labourers’: African-Jamaican women and man’s sphere of work\u003cbr\u003e5. ‘We are equal to the men in ability to do anything!’: The status and practice of African-Jamaican women’s citizenship \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884278067543,"sku":"9780719080289","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/destined-for-a-life-of-service-9780719080289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}