Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet
Women in Proverbs from around the World
350 pages, 6-1/4 x 9-1/2
Paper $29.50
ISBN: 9789053568637
Published October 2006
For sale only in the United States, its dependencies, the Philippines, and Canada
Acknowledgements Prologue The Mother of All Sciences Proverbs and Their Impact 1: The Female Body From Head to Foot Beauty and Beautifying 2. Phases of Life Girls, Daughters, Brides Wives, Co-wives, Widows Mothers and Mothers-in-law Old Age 3. Basics of Life Love Sex Fertility, Pregnancy, Childbirth 4. Female Power Verbal Talent Work Knowledge Witchcraft and Other Occult Forces Countermeasures Violence 5. Messages of Metaphors Women as Objects Gendered Places and Spaces Epilogue: Proverbial Imagination in an Age of Globalization Endnotes Languages, Cultures and Countries Bibliography Index
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