LEADER 03781 am 22005413u 450 001 9910372749403321 005 20191209011537.0 010 $a1-000-70115-8 010 $a1-000-69993-5 010 $a0-429-28935-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000009840136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5981630 035 $a(OCoLC)1128095849 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1128095849 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429289354 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009840136 100 $a20191120d2020 ky 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWomen's lived landscapes of war and liberation in Mozambique $ebodily memory and the gendered aesthetics of belonging /$fJonna Katto 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the modern history of Africa 311 $a0-367-25247-3 327 $aPart 1: Talking Freedom 1. FRELIMO Nationalism, Female Bodies, and the Language of Gender Part 2: Violent Liberation 2. Female Combatants and the Gendered Styles of Being 3. Guerrilla Life and the Haptics of the "Bush" 4. Body Feelings and Violent Memories Part 3: Beautiful Belonging 5. Living Landscape 6. Rhythmic Beauty 7. Home, (Be)longing, and the Beautiful 330 $aThis book tells the history of the changing gendered landscapes of northern Mozambique from the perspective of women who fought in the armed struggle for national independence, diverting from the often-told narrative of women in nationalist wars that emphasizes a linear plot of liberation. Taking a novel approach in focusing on the body, senses, and landscape, Jonna Katto, through a study of the women ex-combatants' lived landscapes, shows how their life trajectories unfold as nonlinear spatial histories. This brings into focus the women's shifting and multilayered negotiations for personal space and belonging. This book explores the life memories of the now aging female ex-combatants in the province of Niassa in northern Mozambique, looking at how the female ex-combatants' experiences of living in these northern landscapes have shaped their sense of socio-spatial belonging and attachment. It builds on the premise that individual embodied memory cannot be separated from social memory; personal lives are culturally shaped. Thus, the book does notonly tell the history of a small and rather unique group of women but also speaks about wider cultural histories of body-landscape relations in northern Mozambique and especially changes in those relations. Enriching our understanding of the gendered history of the liberation struggle in Mozambique and informing broader discussions on gender and nationalism, this book will be of interest to students and scholarsof African history, especially the colonial and postcolonial history of Lusophone Africa, as well as gender/women's history and peace and conflict studies. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the modern history of Africa. 606 $aWomen in combat$zMozambique 606 $aWomen and war$zMozambique 606 $aHISTORY / Africa / South / General$2bisacsh 606 $aHISTORY / Africa / East$2bisacsh 607 $aMozambique$xHistory$yRevolution, 1964-1975 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen in combat 615 0$aWomen and war 615 7$aHISTORY / Africa / South / General 615 7$aHISTORY / Africa / East 676 $a967.903 700 $aKatto$b Jonna$0941754 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910372749403321 996 $aWomen's lived landscapes of war and liberation in Mozambique$92124625 997 $aUNINA