Women's activism and feminist agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua [[electronic resource] /] / Jennifer Leigh Disney

• Autore: Disney Jennifer Leigh <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4209679
• Soggetto topico: Women political activists - Mozambique; Women political activists - Nicaragua; Social change - Mozambique; Social change - Nicaragua; Feminist theory - Mozambique; Feminist theory - Nicaragua
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Nicaragua ; 4 "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 ; 8 "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
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Women's activism and feminist agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua
• ISBN: 1-281-97329-7; 9786611973292; 1-59213-830-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808795703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II