Gender and decolonization in the Congo:the legacy of Patrice Lumumba
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 247 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780230615571 (hardback) 0230615570 (hardback) |
Index Number: | D746 |
CLC: | D746.381 |
Call Number: | D746.381/B782 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "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"--Provided by publisher. |