TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bouwer,Karen
TI  - Gender and decolonization in the Congo: the legacy of Patrice Lumumba 
SN  - 9780230615571 (hardback)
AV  - 511 DT 658.2 B782g 2010
U1  - 967.51/024092 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Lumumba, Patrice,
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Congo (Democratic Republic)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Decolonization
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1960-1997
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The gender of decolonization -- Lumumba on women : from domesticity to political mobilization -- Lumumba and women : the personal meets the political -- Andrâee Blouin : a sister among brothers in struggle -- Lâeonie Abo : the political lessons of the Maquis -- Câesaire'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
N2  - "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
ER  -