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Gendering the settler state :

Law, Kate,

Gendering the settler state : white women, race, liberalism and empire in Rhodesia, 1950-1980 / Kate Law. - London Routledge 2016 - xvi, 176 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge research in gender and history ; 22 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: writing white women, c. 1950-1980 -- Making settlers out of pioneers: white women and the development of Rhodesia, 1890-1940 -- The politics of pots and pans: Miriam Staunton, gender norms and the Federation of African Women's Clubs, 1950-1970 -- "Think[ing] black": Eileen Haddon, multi-racialism and majority rule, 1953-1965 -- Struggles within the struggle: Diana Mitchell, opposition politics, liberalism, and women's liberation, 1965-1979 -- "Imperialists stuck in a time warp"?: white women, memory and the history of Rhodesia -- Conclusion: white women in colonial Rhodesia.

9781138916098

2015035511


Women, white--History--Zimbabwe--20th century.
Feminism--History--Zimbabwe--20th century.
Sex role--History--Zimbabwe--20th century.


Zimbabwe--Race relations--History.
Zimbabwe--Colonial influence.
Zimbabwe--Social conditions--20th century.
Zimbabwe--History--20th century.

HQ1801 / .L39 2016

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