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Gender and Decolonization in the Congo : The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba / by K. Bouwer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bouwer, Karen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--Politics and government.
- Africa.
- Sex.
- Political science.
- Africa--History.
- Politics and war.
- African Politics.
- Gender Studies.
- Political Science.
- African History.
- Military and Defence Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- African Politics.
- Gender Studies.
- Political Science.
- African History.
- Military and Defence Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the gender of decolonization
- Lumumba on women : from domesticity to political mobilization
- Lumumba and women : the personal meets the political
- Andree Blouin : a sister among brothers in struggle
- Leonie Abo : the political lessons of the Maquis
- Cesaire'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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612992421
- 9781282992429
- 1282992422
- 9780230110403
- 0230110401
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