04043nam 2200733 a 450 991080879570332120240418123847.01-281-97329-797866119732921-59213-830-6(CKB)1000000000578240(EBL)407557(OCoLC)476226140(SSID)ssj0000273564(PQKBManifestationID)11247458(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273564(PQKBWorkID)10315165(PQKB)11175347(MiAaPQ)EBC407557(OCoLC)302406073(MdBmJHUP)muse15413(Au-PeEL)EBL407557(CaPaEBR)ebr10267606(CaONFJC)MIL197329(EXLCZ)99100000000057824020080328d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen's activism and feminist agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua[electronic resource] /Jennifer Leigh Disney1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20081 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-829-2 1-59213-828-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index.Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; 1 "Women Must Occupy and Give Themselves the Place They Deserve" Women's Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua; 2 "After Acknowledging Differences, We Must Also See What We Have in Common" Feminist Contestations and Commonalities across First World/Third World, African, and Latin American Divides; 3 "Doing a Revolution Doesn't Stop You from Being Machista" The Birth of Revolutionary Women's Organizations and the Limits of Marxism-Leninism in Mozambique and Nicaragua4 "Women Are Not Cows-We Are Active Agents of History" Autonomy Struggles Emerge in Mozambique and Nicaragua5 "The Oppressed Woman Is Easier to Deal With" Political Participation, Legal Reforms, and Cultural Constraints in Mozambique and Nicaragua; 6 "I Can Do Anything a Man Can Do" Military Participation, Economic Production, and Women's Emancipation in Mozambique and Nicaragua; 7 "There Are No Alternatives: Is This Really Democracy?" Democratization and Civil Society in Mozambique and Nicaragua8 "Partners in the Home, at Work, and on the Street" The Contemporary Women's Movements and Emergent Feminisms in Mozambique and NicaraguaAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn Women's Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua, Jennifer Leigh Disney investigates the contours of women's emancipation outside the framework of liberal democracy and a market economy. She interviews 146 women and men in the two countries to explore the comparative contribution of women's participation in subsistence and informal economies, political parties and civil society organizations. She also discusses military struggles against colonialism and imperialism in fostering feminist agency to provide a fascinating look at how each movement evolved and how Women political activistsMozambiqueWomen political activistsNicaraguaSocial changeMozambiqueSocial changeNicaraguaFeminist theoryMozambiqueFeminist theoryNicaraguaWomen political activistsWomen political activistsSocial changeSocial changeFeminist theoryFeminist theory305.4209679Disney Jennifer Leigh1971-1600182MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808795703321Women's activism and feminist agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua3923179UNINA