Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230615571)

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.

Author: K. Bouwer
ISBN-10: 0230615570
ISBN-13: 9780230615571
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 247
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2011