The front line runs through every woman : women & local resistance in the Zimbabwean Liberation War /

By contextualizing the voices of women of Chiweshe, not only is an important and under-developed aspect of Zimbabwean and African history revealed, but a new approach to comprehending the highly-tensioned lives of women in war is presented, which is characterized here as Gendered Localised Resistanc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Gorman, Eleanor, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Zimbabwe : Rochester, N.Y. : James Currey ; Weaver Press ; Boydell & Brewer, 2011.
Colección:African issues.
Temas:
Börngen, ...
1900-1999
Women and war > Zimbabwe.
Rural women > Zimbabwe > Social conditions > 20th century.
Peasants > Zimbabwe > Social conditions > 20th century.
Guerrilla warfare > Social aspects > Zimbabwe > 20th century.
Counterinsurgency > Social aspects > Zimbabwe > 20th century.
National liberation movements > Zimbabwe > History > 20th century.
Femmes et guerre > Zimbabwe.
Paysannerie > Zimbabwe > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Guérilla > Aspect social > Zimbabwe > 20e siècle.
Contre-rébellion > Aspect social > Zimbabwe > 20e siècle.
Mouvements de libération nationale > Zimbabwe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Peace.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
National liberation movements.
Peasants > Social conditions.
Rural women > Social conditions.
Women.
Women and war.
Widerstand
Zimbabwe > History > Chimurenga War, 1966-1980 > Women.
Zimbabwe > Histoire > 1965-1980 > Femmes.
Zimbabwe.
Simbabwe
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:By contextualizing the voices of women of Chiweshe, not only is an important and under-developed aspect of Zimbabwean and African history revealed, but a new approach to comprehending the highly-tensioned lives of women in war is presented, which is characterized here as Gendered Localised Resistance. The book can be read as a unique and richly detailed account of the lives of women during the Zimbabwe civil war and liberation struggle; as a wider argument about how researchers can approach and incorporate lived experience into accounts of larger dynamics (war/revolution); and as a substantial.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and index.
ISBN:9781846159923
184615992X
9781782044468
1782044469
1283620685
9781283620680

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