Gender and decolonization in the Congo: the legacy of Patrice Lumumba

Gender and decolonization in the Congo: the legacy of Patrice Lumumba

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Gender and Decolonization in the Congo focuses on women and questions of gender in its examination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961), the assassinated leader of the independent Congo. INDICE: - Lumumba's Discourse on Women: From Qualified Vote to Universal Suffrage, Still Wives and Mothers? - Lumumba's Women, Women of the Congo: Negotiating Patriarchies - Andrée Blouin: A Sister among Brothers in Struggle - Léonie Abo and the Political Lessons of the Maquis: Commanding Troops, Carrying Water - Sexual and Political Prowess: Césaire's Lumumba , a Potent Symbol - Peck's Lumumba: Telling the 'Truth' and Masculinist Bias - Beyond the 'Truth': The Maternal Voice in Peck's Death of a Prophet - Conclusion

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-61557-1
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 272
  • Fecha Publicación: 24/09/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés