Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba

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
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 247
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230615571

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

About the Author
Karen Bouwer is Professor of French at the University of San Francisco, USA.

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