{"product_id":"beyond-the-battlefield-selina-s-makana-9780821426722","title":"Beyond the Battlefield: Women and the Nation in Twentieth-Century Angola","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Battlefield\u003c\/i\u003e offers a critical reappraisal of Angola's nationalist history by centering the experiences and political agency of women during the country's transition from Portuguese colonial rule to independence. Challenging dominant masculinist narratives that equate anticolonial resistance with armed combat, this study introduces \u003ci\u003ematernalist nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e as a theoretical framework to illuminate how women engaged in nation building through often-overlooked forms of labor and activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile men were largely visible on the battlefield, women fought a parallel struggle on the home front--mobilizing care work, reproductive labor, and political engagement in ways that were essential to the liberation movement and the postindependence state. Drawing on archival sources and women's testimonies, Makana explores how \u003ci\u003epatriotic motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e--a concept defined as the fusion of nationalist politics with gendered expectations of women's roles--enabled women to see themselves as vital contributors to the nation's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study contributes to scholarship in African history, gender studies, and postcolonial theory by offering a nuanced account of the intersections among militarism, nationalism, and gender. It invites readers to reconsider the frameworks through which political subjectivity and historical memory are constructed. \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Battlefield\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for scholars and students interested in the gendered dimensions of colonialism, war, and state formation in modern Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Selina S. Makana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821426729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821426722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.07w x 0.95d","brand":"Selina S. Makana","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447091278079,"sku":"9780821426722","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd3f7fe2-67ce-4077-a1ed-b76494443d6e.jpg?v=1777228761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-battlefield-selina-s-makana-9780821426722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}