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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460010203321

Autore

Decker Alicia C.

Titolo

In Idi Amin' shadow : women, gender, and militarism in Uganda / / Alicia C. Decker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8214-4502-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

New African Histories

Disciplina

967.61042

Soggetti

Women - Uganda - Social conditions - 20th century

Violence - Uganda - History - 20th century

Women and the military - Uganda

Women and war - Uganda

Militarism - Uganda

Sex role - Uganda

Electronic books.

Uganda Social conditions 1971-1979

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Idi Amin's Shadow is a rich social history examining Ugandan women's complex and sometimes paradoxical relationship to Amin's military state. Based on more than one hundred interviews with women who survived the regime, as well as a wide range of primary sources, this book reveals how the violence of Amin's militarism resulted in both opportunities and challenges for women. Some assumed positions of political power or became successful entrepreneurs, while others endured sexual assault or experienced the trauma of watching their brothers, husbands, or sons "disappeared" by the state's secu