LEADER 04020nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910808795703321 005 20240418123847.0 010 $a1-281-97329-7 010 $a9786611973292 010 $a1-59213-830-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578240 035 $a(EBL)407557 035 $a(OCoLC)476226140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000273564 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11247458 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273564 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10315165 035 $a(PQKB)11175347 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC407557 035 $a(OCoLC)302406073 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15413 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL407557 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10267606 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL197329 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578240 100 $a20080328d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen's activism and feminist agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua /$fJennifer Leigh Disney 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59213-829-2 311 $a1-59213-828-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Nicaragua 327 $a4 "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 Nicaragua 327 $a8 "Partners in the Home, at Work, and on the Street" The Contemporary Women's Movements and Emergent Feminisms in Mozambique and NicaraguaAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn 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 606 $aWomen political activists$zMozambique 606 $aWomen political activists$zNicaragua 606 $aSocial change$zMozambique 606 $aSocial change$zNicaragua 606 $aFeminist theory$zMozambique 606 $aFeminist theory$zNicaragua 615 0$aWomen political activists 615 0$aWomen political activists 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aFeminist theory 615 0$aFeminist theory 676 $a305.4209679 700 $aDisney$b Jennifer Leigh$f1971-$01600182 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808795703321 996 $aWomen's activism and feminist agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua$93923179 997 $aUNINA