Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
Electronic Book
Author Bouwer, Karen.

Title Gender and decolonization in the Congo [electronic resource] : the legacy of Patrice Lumumba / Karen Bouwer.

Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 247 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the gender of decolonization -- Lumumba on women : from domesticity to political mobilization -- Lumumba and women : the personal meets the political -- Andree Blouin : a sister among brothers in struggle -- Leonie Abo : the political lessons of the Maquis -- Cesaire's Lumumba : a symbol of sexual and political prowess -- Peck's personal Lumumba : the maternal voice in Death of a prophet -- Peck's Hollywood Lumumba : a masculine hero.
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961 -- Political and social views.
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961 -- Relations with women.
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961 -- Influence.
Sex role -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Political activity -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
Decolonization -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1997.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780230615571 (hbk.)
0230615570 (hbk.)
9780230110403 (e-book)

 
    
Available items only