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The Women´s War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria
Marc Matera
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Paperback. In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings together, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTV; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame.
In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137377777
SKU
V9781137377777
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99-15
About Marc Matera
MARC MATERA Assistant Professor of Modern Britain, British Empire, and World History. He is the author of a number of articles on African and Caribbean intellectuals in Britain. MISTY L. BASTIAN Professor of Anthropology at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, USA. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on Onitsha Igbo society, media and modern ... Read more
Reviews for The Women´s War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria
“The women’s war of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria … provides one of the most detailed and multidimensional accounts of the circumstances that led to those events and their impact on the African-Colonial encounter. … The Women’s War of 1929 makes a significant contribution to studies of African women, gender, colonialism, and colonial violence. Matera, Bastian, and Kent ... Read more