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Women and power in Zimbabwe : promises of feminism / Carolyn Martin Shaw.

By:

Shaw, Carolyn Martin, 1944- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HQ1801 .W664 2015

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Contents:

Sticks and scones : the homecraft movement in colonial Zimbabwe -- Flame, Nyaradzo, and pretty : black women and girls in Harare with reason to hope -- Women against government : an NGO under stress -- Mercy, mercy, mercy : middle-class working wives and mothers in Harare -- Reflections : promises of freedom and feminism.

Summary: The revolt against white rule in Rhodesia nurtured incipient local feminisms in women who imagined independence as a road to gender equity and economic justice. But the country's rebirth as Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe's rise to power dashed these hopes. Using history, literature, participant observation, and interviews, Carolyn Martin Shaw surveys Zimbabwean feminisms from the colonial era to today. She examines how actions as seemingly disparate as an ability to bake scones during the revolution and achieving power within a marriage in fact represent complex sources of female empowerment.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	HQ1801 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn923821411

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Sticks and scones : the homecraft movement in colonial Zimbabwe -- Flame, Nyaradzo, and pretty : black women and girls in Harare with reason to hope -- Women against government : an NGO under stress -- Mercy, mercy, mercy : middle-class working wives and mothers in Harare -- Reflections : promises of freedom and feminism.

The revolt against white rule in Rhodesia nurtured incipient local feminisms in women who imagined independence as a road to gender equity and economic justice. But the country's rebirth as Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe's rise to power dashed these hopes. Using history, literature, participant observation, and interviews, Carolyn Martin Shaw surveys Zimbabwean feminisms from the colonial era to today. She examines how actions as seemingly disparate as an ability to bake scones during the revolution and achieving power within a marriage in fact represent complex sources of female empowerment.

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