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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shaw, Carolyn Martin, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Political activity.
Women.
Feminism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Femmes > Activite politique > Zimbabwe.
Feminisme > Zimbabwe > Histoire.
Femmes > Zimbabwe > Histoire.
Women > Political activity > Zimbabwe.
Feminism > Zimbabwe > History.
Women > Zimbabwe > History.
Zimbabwe.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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, participant observation, and interviews, Carolyn Martin Shaw surveys Zimbabwean feminisms from the colonial era to today. She examines how actions as seemingly disparate as an ability to bake scones during the revolution and achieving power within a marriage in fact represent complex sources of female empowerment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780252097720

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