Women and Power in Zimbabwe by Carolyn Martin Shaw PAPERBACK 9780252081132

Women and Power in Zimbabwe\nby Carolyn Martin Shaw\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Carolyn Martin Shaw\nTitle: Women and Power in Zimbabwe\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Society and culture: general\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press\nPublication year: 2015\nISBN-13: 9780252081132\nISBN-10: 0252081137\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe revolt against white rule in Rhodesia nurtured incipient local feminisms in women who imagined independence as a road to gender equity and economic justice. But the country's rebirth as Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe's rise to power dashed these hopes. Using history, literature, participant observation, and interviews, Carolyn Martin Shaw surveys Zimbabwean feminisms from the colonial era to today. She examines how actions as clearly d.