Embodied Engineering: Gendered Labor, Food Security, and Taste in Twentieth-Century Mali

by Laura Ann Twagira

Book Overview

Foregrounding African women's ingenuity and labor, this pioneering case study shows how women in rural Mali have used technology to ensure food security through the colonial period, environmental crises, and postcolonial rule. By advocating for an understanding of rural Malian women as engineers , Laura Ann Twagira rejects the persistent image of African women as subjects without technological knowledge or access and instead reveals a hidden history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821424688
• ISBN13: 9780821424681
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"