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Gender Philosophy

Gender Philosophy is a branch of African philosophical inquiry that critically examines the construction, experience, and representation of gender identities and relations within African cultural, social, and historical contexts, distinguishing itself from other areas of African philosophy by its focused analysis of gender as a constitutive category of thought and lived reality.

142

Publications

8.7K

Citations

159

Authors

64

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

16

Parents

Publications

142

Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 1.8K citations

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The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses

Adele King, Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí · World Literature Today · 1998 · 474 citations

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Female "circumcision" in Africa: culture, controversy, and change

Bettina Shell‐Duncan · Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 371 citations

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Baba: men and fatherhood in South Africa

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 370 citations

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Marxism, feminism and South African studies

Belinda Bozzoli · Journal of Southern African Studies · 1983 · 337 citations

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Authors

159

  1. JG
    Jean Grimshaw

    3 publications · 283 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. AM
    Amina Mama

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 70 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. RB
    Rosi Braidotti

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 42 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. SS
    Stephen Stich

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    2 publications · 72 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. MW
    Marx W. Wartofsky

    Baruch College, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

64

  1. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  2. Western University

    London, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    125 citations

  3. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    106 citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  5. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    87 citations

  7. University of the Western Cape

    Cape Town, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

  8. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    337 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 14 publications · 3.5K citations

    14

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  2. Hypatia

    6 publications · 238 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. Journal of Southern African Studies

    JASS · 3 publications · 393 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Women’s Philosophy Review

    3 publications · 212 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. 3

    h-index

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