Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance

This article explores the discursive construct of globalisation through the prism of gender and its implications for and effects on the quest for an African Renaissance. It argues that since humans are gendered, so human institutions and discourses such as globalisation are permeated and informed by...

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Main Author: Mutekwa, Anias
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description This article explores the discursive construct of globalisation through the prism of gender and its implications for and effects on the quest for an African Renaissance. It argues that since humans are gendered, so human institutions and discourses such as globalisation are permeated and informed by the discourse of gender and the hierarchies inherent in them. Since discourses on the African Renaissance are conceptualised and framed within the hegemonic discourse of globalisation, they become entangled in globalisation's gendered nature and become either complicit or subversive. the article identifies and discusses the multifaceted implications and effects of hegemonic, masculine neoliberal globalisation discourse on the various facets of the African Renaissance, and suggest possible solutions. The purpose is then to explore the notion of the multiciplicity of discourses on both globalisation and the African Renaissance.
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spelling ir-11408-5382022-06-27T13:49:06Z Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance Mutekwa, Anias Africa, African renaissance Discourses, feminisation, globalisation This article explores the discursive construct of globalisation through the prism of gender and its implications for and effects on the quest for an African Renaissance. It argues that since humans are gendered, so human institutions and discourses such as globalisation are permeated and informed by the discourse of gender and the hierarchies inherent in them. Since discourses on the African Renaissance are conceptualised and framed within the hegemonic discourse of globalisation, they become entangled in globalisation's gendered nature and become either complicit or subversive. the article identifies and discusses the multifaceted implications and effects of hegemonic, masculine neoliberal globalisation discourse on the various facets of the African Renaissance, and suggest possible solutions. The purpose is then to explore the notion of the multiciplicity of discourses on both globalisation and the African Renaissance. 2015-02-26T10:51:40Z 2015-02-26T10:51:40Z 2012 Article 1818-6874 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/538 en International Journal of African Renaissance Studies;Vol. 7(1): p.5-21 open UNISA
spellingShingle Africa, African renaissance
Discourses, feminisation, globalisation
Mutekwa, Anias
Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance
title Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance
title_full Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance
title_fullStr Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance
title_full_unstemmed Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance
title_short Gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the African renaissance
title_sort gendered globalisation discourses: implications for the african renaissance
topic Africa, African renaissance
Discourses, feminisation, globalisation
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