Out for Glamour in Africa : A History of Black Urban Femininities in Drum Magazine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mbure, Wanjiru G.

Series:

African Perspectives.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2026.

Summary:

Out for Glamour in Africa critically reflects on how Black women utilized Drum magazine, a leading publication in Africa during the era of independence, for political empowerment and constructing notions of Black femininity.Wanjirũ G.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Architects of Femme UrbAfricana

Chapter 2. African "Sirens"

Chapter 3. Commodity Queens

Chapter 4. Globalizing Femme UrbAfricana

Chapter 5. Freedom Beauties

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780472905881

OCLC:

1570336700