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In Idi Amin' shadow : women, gender, and militarism in Uganda / / Alicia C. Decker



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Autore: Decker Alicia C. Visualizza persona
Titolo: In Idi Amin' shadow : women, gender, and militarism in Uganda / / Alicia C. Decker Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
Disciplina: 967.61042
Soggetto topico: Women - Uganda - Social conditions - 20th century
Violence - Uganda - History - 20th century
Women and the military - Uganda
Women and war - Uganda
Militarism - Uganda
Sex role - Uganda
Soggetto geografico: Uganda Social conditions 1971-1979
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: In Idi Amin's Shadow is a rich social history examining Ugandan women's complex and sometimes paradoxical relationship to Amin's military state. Based on more than one hundred interviews with women who survived the regime, as well as a wide range of primary sources, this book reveals how the violence of Amin's militarism resulted in both opportunities and challenges for women. Some assumed positions of political power or became successful entrepreneurs, while others endured sexual assault or experienced the trauma of watching their brothers, husbands, or sons "disappeared" by the state's secu
Titolo autorizzato: In Idi Amin' shadow  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8214-4502-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460010203321
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Serie: New African histories series.