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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Aliou Ly (Middle Tennessee State University, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Zed Books Ltd ISBN: 9781350383043ISBN 10: 135038304 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 16 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Colonial Policies and Women in Portuguese Guinea 1938-1962 Chapter 2. Female Work and Participation in the Armed Struggle in Portuguese Guinea Chapter 3. Female Combatants and Portuguese Guinea National Liberation War Narratives: Do They Tell the Whole Story? Chapter 4. Gendering War Space and Heroinization of Female Fighters Chapter 5. Gender Roles and the First Republic Chapter 6. ConclusionReviewsThis book tells the forgotten story of women's participation in the Struggle for the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau, one of the most remarkable guerrilla wars of the anti-colonial movement of the 20th century * Catarina de Castro Laranjeiro, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal * This book tells the forgotten story of women's participation in the Struggle for the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau, one of the most remarkable guerrilla wars of the anti-colonial movement of the 20th century * Catarina de Castro Laranjeiro, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal * In this highly original and carefully researched work, Aliou Ly peels back decades of bias to reveal the powerful and fundamentally transformative role of women in Guinea Bissau’s liberation. Framed provocatively as an incisive methodological inquiry, Ly exposes how women’s accomplishments were literarily and figuratively concealed, minimized, and erased by successive generations of male combatant-cum-politicians even as isolated individuals were celebrated as national heroines. Women of the Portuguese Guinea Liberation War dramatically recasts prevailing historical narratives such that the remaining survivors of the independence struggle, both male and female, may finally recognize themselves and their achievements. Bissau women may not have shared the fruits of liberty with their male counterparts, but future generations of citizens may now appreciate the complexity and significance of their revolutionary acts. * Benjamin N. Lawrance, University of Arizona, USA * Author InformationAliou Ly is Associate Professor in the History Department at Middle Tennessee State University, USA. His work focuses on colonial and postcolonial West Africa, with specialisms in the political history of Guiena Bissau and the relations between women’s emancipation and national liberation struggles. He has published his findings across multiple edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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