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Peasants, traders, and wives : Shona women in the history of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939 / Elizabeth Schmidt.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Social history of AfricaPublisher: Portsmouth, NH : Harare : London : Heinemann ; Baobab ; J. Currey, 1992Description: xiii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0435080644
  • 9780435080648
  • 0435080660
  • 9780435080662
  • 0852556578
  • 9780852556573
  • 0852556071
  • 9780852556078
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.488963975 22
LOC classification:
  • DT2913.S55 S36 1992
Contents:
Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction -- 1. Beholden to Two Patriarchies: Shona Women on the Eve of European Conquest and in the Early Years of Occupation -- 2. Shona Women and Work: The Backbone of Rural Production -- 3. African Producers and Settler Law: The Decline of the Goromonzi Peasantry and the Marginalization of Women -- 4. Gender Ideology, Economics, and the Social Control of African Women -- 5. Missionary Education for Women and Girls: The Domestication of African Women -- 6. African Women and European Domestic Service: Another Look at the Sexual Threat -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-274) and index.

Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction -- 1. Beholden to Two Patriarchies: Shona Women on the Eve of European Conquest and in the Early Years of Occupation -- 2. Shona Women and Work: The Backbone of Rural Production -- 3. African Producers and Settler Law: The Decline of the Goromonzi Peasantry and the Marginalization of Women -- 4. Gender Ideology, Economics, and the Social Control of African Women -- 5. Missionary Education for Women and Girls: The Domestication of African Women -- 6. African Women and European Domestic Service: Another Look at the Sexual Threat -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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