Women in twentieth-century Africa /
Berger, Iris, 1941-
Women in twentieth-century Africa / Women in 20th century Africa Iris Berger. - xvi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - New approaches to African history ; 10 . - New approaches to African history ; 10. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.
Colonizing African families -- Confrontation and adaptation -- Domesticity and modernization -- Mothers of nationalism -- The struggle continues -- "Messengers of a new design": marriage, family and sexuality -- Women's rights: the second decolonization? -- Empowerment and inequality in a new global age -- Contradictions and challenges.
"During a turbulent colonial and postcolonial century, African women struggled to control their own marital, sexual and economic lives and to gain a significant voice in local and national politics. This book introduces many remarkable women, who organized religious and political movements, fought in anti-colonial wars, ran away to escape arranged marriages, and during the 1990s began successful campaigns for gender parity in national legislatures. The book also explores the apparent paradox in the conflicting images of African women - as singularly oppressed and dominated by men, but also as strong, resourceful, and willing to challenge governments and local traditions to protect themselves and their families. Understanding the tension between women's power and their oppression, between their strength and their vulnerability, offers a new lens for understanding the relationship between the state and society in the twentieth century." -- Publisher's description
9780521517072 0521517079 9780521741217 0521741211
40026297594
2015046517
1900 - 1999
Women--History--Africa--20th century.
Women in the professions--History--Africa--20th century.
Women--Social conditions.--Africa
Women--Economic conditions.--Africa
Feminism--Africa.
Women in the professions.
Feminism.
Women.
Women--Economic conditions.
Women--Social conditions.
Frau.
Soziale Situation.
Africa.
Afrika.
Afrique.
History.
HQ1787 / .B473 2016
305.409609/04
Women in twentieth-century Africa / Women in 20th century Africa Iris Berger. - xvi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - New approaches to African history ; 10 . - New approaches to African history ; 10. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index.
Colonizing African families -- Confrontation and adaptation -- Domesticity and modernization -- Mothers of nationalism -- The struggle continues -- "Messengers of a new design": marriage, family and sexuality -- Women's rights: the second decolonization? -- Empowerment and inequality in a new global age -- Contradictions and challenges.
"During a turbulent colonial and postcolonial century, African women struggled to control their own marital, sexual and economic lives and to gain a significant voice in local and national politics. This book introduces many remarkable women, who organized religious and political movements, fought in anti-colonial wars, ran away to escape arranged marriages, and during the 1990s began successful campaigns for gender parity in national legislatures. The book also explores the apparent paradox in the conflicting images of African women - as singularly oppressed and dominated by men, but also as strong, resourceful, and willing to challenge governments and local traditions to protect themselves and their families. Understanding the tension between women's power and their oppression, between their strength and their vulnerability, offers a new lens for understanding the relationship between the state and society in the twentieth century." -- Publisher's description
9780521517072 0521517079 9780521741217 0521741211
40026297594
2015046517
1900 - 1999
Women--History--Africa--20th century.
Women in the professions--History--Africa--20th century.
Women--Social conditions.--Africa
Women--Economic conditions.--Africa
Feminism--Africa.
Women in the professions.
Feminism.
Women.
Women--Economic conditions.
Women--Social conditions.
Frau.
Soziale Situation.
Africa.
Afrika.
Afrique.
History.
HQ1787 / .B473 2016
305.409609/04