Women and power in Zimbabwe : promises of feminism /

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The revolt against white rule in Rhodesia nurtured incipient local feminisms in women who imagined independence as a road to gender equity and economic justice. But the country's rebirth as Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe's rise to power dashed these hopes. Using history, literature, participan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Carolyn Martin, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Temas:
Women > Zimbabwe > History.
Feminism > Zimbabwe > History.
Women > Political activity > Zimbabwe.
Femmes > Zimbabwe > Histoire.
Féminisme > Zimbabwe > Histoire.
Femmes > Activité politique > Zimbabwe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Feminism
Women
Women > Political activity
Zimbabwe
Electronic book.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Sticks and scones : the homecraft movement in colonial Zimbabwe
  • Flame, Nyaradzo, and pretty : black women and girls in Harare with reason to hope
  • Women against government : an NGO under stress
  • Mercy, mercy, mercy : middle-class working wives and mothers in Harare
  • Reflections : promises of freedom and feminism.

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