Description
Product ID: | 9780821424476 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | War and Militarism in African History |
Title: | Militarizing Marriage |
Subtitle: | West African Soldiers’ Conjugal Traditions in Modern French Empire |
Authors: | Author: Sarah J. Zimmerman |
Page Count: | 318 |
Subjects: | African history, African history, Colonialism and imperialism, Military history, Gender studies: women and girls, Politics and government, Colonialism & imperialism, Military history, Gender studies: women, Politics & government, West Africa |
Description: | By prioritizing women and conjugality in the historiography of African colonial soldiers, Militarizing Marriage historicizes how the subjugation of women was indispensable to military conquest and colonial rule across French Empire. Following tirailleurs sénégalais’ deployments in West Africa, Congo, Madagascar, North Africa, Syria-Lebanon, Vietnam, and Algeria from the 1880s to 1962, Militarizing Marriage historicizes how African servicemen advanced conjugal strategies with women at home and abroad. Sarah J. Zimmerman examines the evolution of women’s conjugal relationships with West African colonial soldiers to show how the sexuality, gender, and exploitation of women were fundamental to the violent colonial expansion and the everyday operation of colonial rule in modern French Empire. |
Imprint Name: | Ohio University Press |
Publisher Name: | Ohio University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-05-28 |