Gender and Decolonization in the Congo : The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba
by
K. Bouwer
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0230615570
ISBN-13
9780230615571
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 10th, 2010
Print length
247 Pages
Weight
390 grams
Dimensions
21.90 x 14.80 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
AfricaAfrican historyPostwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000National liberation & independence, post-colonialismGender studies, gender groupsGender studies: women and girlsGender studies, gender groupsGender studies: womenHistoryAfrican historyNational liberation and independence
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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.
Patrice Lumumba''s legacy continues to fire the imagination of politicians, activists, and artists. But women have been missing from accounts of the Congo''s decolonization. What new ideals of masculinity and femininity were generated in this struggle? Were masculinist biases re-inscribed in later depictions of the martyred nationalist? Through analysis of Lumumba''s writings and speeches, the life stories of women activists, and literary and cinematic works, Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba challenges male-centered interpretations of Congolese nationalism and illustrates how generic conventions both reinforced and undercut gender bias in representations of Lumumba and his female contemporaries.
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