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Autore: | Bouwer K |
Titolo: | Gender and Decolonization in the Congo [[electronic resource] ] : The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba / / by K. Bouwer |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2010. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina: | 967.51/024092 |
Soggetto topico: | Africa - Politics and government |
Sex | |
Political science | |
Africa - History | |
Politics and war | |
African Politics | |
Gender Studies | |
Political Science | |
African History | |
Military and Defence Studies | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : the gender of decolonization -- Lumumba on women : from domesticity to political mobilization -- Lumumba and women : the personal meets the political -- Andrée Blouin : a sister among brothers in struggle -- Léonie Abo : the political lessons of the Maquis -- Césaire's Lumumba : a symbol of sexual and political prowess -- Peck's personal Lumumba : the maternal voice in Death of a prophet -- Peck's Hollywood Lumumba : a masculine hero. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Patrice Lumumba s legacy continues to fire the imagination of politicians, activists, and artists. But women have been missing from accounts of the Congo s decolonization. What new ideals of masculinity and femininity were generated in this struggle? Were masculinist biases re-inscribed in later depictions of the martyred nationalist? Through analysis of Lumumba s writings and speeches, the life stories of women activists, and literary and cinematic works, Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba challenges male-centered interpretations of Congolese nationalism and illustrates how generic conventions both reinforced and undercut gender bias in representations of Lumumba and his female contemporaries. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Gender and Decolonization in the Congo |
ISBN: | 1-282-99242-2 |
9786612992421 | |
0-230-11040-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910785579103321 |
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