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Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba

Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba

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African HistoryGeneral Gender StudiesGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1137306386
ISBN13: 9781137306388
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 5 2013
Pages: 247
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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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