Disputed Meanings of Women’s Liberation : Social Tensions and Symbolic Struggles During Angolan Independence
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Abstract
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- en During the armed struggle, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) supported women's liberation and appointed women to several political, logistical, and military positions. Meanwhile, in colonial society, changes in economic activities, access to formal education, and urban sociability resulted in a more significant female presence in public spaces. After independence, women's liberation rose to prominence in a context of internal conflict and economic disruption. The new government promoted the “New Man” and a host of associated social personae, all of which were defined by a set of moral qualities individuals were expected to comply with if they wanted to qualify as legitimate actors in the making of independent Angola. Women ought to engage in “National Reconstruction” by joining the Organization of Angolan Women (OMA), which focused on literacy and hygienist campaigns aimed at fighting “obscurantism”. However, many urban women had their own agendas, which called for changes in gender roles in both public and domestic realms. This paper seeks to highlight the shifting gender patterns in Luanda and rural guerrilla zones during the late colonial period, and then analyze how, after independence, different groups of women conceived their place in the building of the new nation, and how the State tried to “domesticate” the possibilities of women's activism as such, in symbolic as well as practical ways.
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- Authors
- Figueiredo, Fábio Baqueiro
- Institute of African Studies
- Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
- Place of publication
- Bayreuth
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- Title
- Disputed Meanings of Women’s Liberation : Social Tensions and Symbolic Struggles During Angolan Independence
- Publication type
- Working paper
- Language
- English
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Academy reflects
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- volume
- 6
- Date
- 2022
- Number in series
- 30
- pages
- VI, 28
- Number of pages
- 28
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- 30 University of Bayreuth African Studies WORKING PAPERS Disputed Meanings of Women’s Liberation Social Tensions and Symbolic Struggles During Angolan Independence Fábio Baqueiro Figueiredo, 2022 academy reflects 6 30 University of Bayreuth African Studies WORKING PAPERS Disputed Meanings of Women's Liberation Social Tensions and Symbolic Struggles During Angolan Independence Fábio Baqueiro Figueiredo, 2022 CC BY 4.0 Disputed Meanings of Women's Liberation iii Institute of African Studies (IAS) The University of Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers are published by the Institute of African Studies (IAS), Bayreuth, Germany. The IAS promotes and coordinates African Studies involving scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines covering almost all faculties at the University of Bayreuth. The IAS acts as umbrella organization and has three central units: the Iwalewahaus, the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, and the Africa Research Center (Forschungszentrum Afrika, which is under construction). The IAS coordinates research and teaching as well as the training of junior researchers, cooperates with partners worldwide and facilitates the exchange of information between persons and institutions engaged in research and teaching in or about Africa. In the Working Papers series, we present empirical studies and theoretical reflections, put preliminary findings up for discussion and report on ongoing projects and current research. The Working Papers usually reflect work-in-progress; all contributions relate to African Studies in general and Bayreuth African Studies in particular and invite discussion and feedback. Submitted papers are subject to internal review at the University of Bayreuth. Contributions may be submitted to the editor-in-chief Dr. Jane Ayeko-Kümmeth (ias@uni-bayreuth.de). The University of Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers feature on the EPub document server at the university library: 2005 - 2018… Read the full text about 15,347 words
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