Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora
Spatial Literacy
Contemporary Asante Women’s Place-making
E. Amoo-Adare
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies
This book makes the case for an urgent praxis of critical spatial literacy for African women. It provides a critical analysis of how Asante women negotiate and understand the politics of contemporary space in Accra and beyond and the effect it has on their lives, demonstrating how they critically 'read that world.'
Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare is a research specialist at Reach Out to Asia (ROTA), a non-profit organization affiliated with the Qatar Foundation. She has a PhD in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a RIBA part II qualified architect, with over 26 years of experience working within the fields of education, international development, and social housing in countries like Afghanistan, Georgia, Ghana, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
| Publication Date: |
06 February 2013 |
| Publisher: |
Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN-13: |
9781137281067 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Page Count: |
173 |