Description
Book SynopsisA pioneering study of women's movements in two developing-world revolutions and post-revolutionary transitions to neo-liberal democracies
Trade Review"Women's Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua provides a compelling account of women's contributions to revolutionary struggle and social transformation in two nations, illuminating the enormity of the challenge posed by gender equality, the effects of revolution on women's and men's lives, and the increasing precariousness of social justice struggles in a globalizing world."
—Mary Hawkesworth, Professor and Chair, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University, and Editor in Chief, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Table of ContentsList of Maps and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
1. "Women Must Occupy and Give Themselves the Place They Deserve"
Women's Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua
2. "After Acknowledging Differences, We Must Also See What We Have in Common"
Feminist Contestations and Commonalities across First World/Third World, African, and Latin American Divides
3. "Doing a Revolution Doesn't Stop You from Being Machista"
The Birth of Revolutionary Women's Organizations and the Limits of Marxism-Leninism in Mozambique and Nicaragua
4. "Women are Not Cows—We Are Active Agents of History"
Autonomy Struggles Emerge in Mozambique and Nicaragua
5. "The Oppressed Woman Is Easier to Deal With"
Political Participation, Legal Reforms, and Cultural Constraints in Mozambique and Nicaragua
6. "I Can Do Anything a Man Can Do"
Military Participation, Economic Production, and Women's Emancipation in Mozambique and Nicaragua
7. "There Are No Alternatives: Is This Really Democracy?"
Democratization and Civil Society in Mozambique and Nicaragua
8. "Partners in the Home, at Work, and on the Street"
The Contemporary Women's Movements and Emergent Feminisms in Mozambique and Nicaragua
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
