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 | Power and Paradox Authority, Insecurity and Creativity in Fon Gender Relations by Falen, Douglas ( AUTHOR ) Feb-23-2012 Paperback by Douglas J. Falen Paperback, Published 2012 ISBN-10: 1-59221-788-5 / 1592217885 ISBN-13: 978-1-59221-788-5 / 9781592217885 Power and Paradox is an ethnographic study of contemporary gender relations among the Fon people, the dominant ethnic group in the South of the Republic of Benin, West Africa. The Fon hold a prominent place in African studies for their traditional Vodun (Voodoo) religion and their precolonial slave- | |