Gender and decolonization in the Congo [electronic resource] : the legacy of Patrice Lumumba / Karen Bouwer.
2010
DT658.2.L85 B68 2010eb
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Gender and decolonization in the Congo [electronic resource] : the legacy of Patrice Lumumba / Karen Bouwer.
Author
Bouwer, Karen.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780230110403 (electronic bk.)
9780230615571
0230615570
9780230615571
0230615570
Publication Details
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (247 p.) : ill.
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DT658.2.L85 B68 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
967.51/024092
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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"--Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : the gender of decolonization
Lumumba on women : from domesticity to political mobilization
Lumumba and women : the personal meets the political
Andrée Blouin : a sister among brothers in struggle
Léonie Abo : the political lessons of the Maquis
Césaire'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.
Lumumba on women : from domesticity to political mobilization
Lumumba and women : the personal meets the political
Andrée Blouin : a sister among brothers in struggle
Léonie Abo : the political lessons of the Maquis
Césaire'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.