Gender and Decolonization in the Congo : The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba PDF
by K. Bouwer
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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.
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- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan US
- Publication Date:10/09/2010
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan US
- Publication Date:10/09/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780230110403