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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460828403321

Autore

Charumbira Ruramisai <1967->

Titolo

Imagining a nation : History and memory in making Zimbabwe / / Ruramisai Charumbira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, [Virginia] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8139-3823-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Reconsiderations in Southern African History

Disciplina

968.9

Soggetti

Nationalism and collective memory - Zimbabwe

Sex role - History - Zimbabwe

Sexism - History - Zimbabwe

Electronic books.

Zimbabwe Race relations History

Zimbabwe Colonial influence

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

Far from the tree: appropriations of ethnic memory and other frontier encounters -- War medals, gendered trials, ordinary women, and Nehandas to remember -- Remembering Rhodes, commemorating occupation, and selling memories abroad -- A country fit for white people: the power of the dead in Mazoe settler memory -- Re-membering African masculine founding myths in the time of colonialism -- African autobiography: collective memory and the myths of conquered peoples -- Educated political prisoners, a guerrilla matron, and the gendered pursuit of independence -- Conclusion: an acre of land for heroes of the land.