Book Description
This history of women in Mozambique moves from a description of various mid-19th century rural societies to an examination of the impact of structural adjustment and processes of democratization at the end of the 20th century.
About the Author
KATHLEEN SHELDON is an independent historian, affiliated as a research scholar with the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for the Study of Women. She has taught and published on a variety of issues related to history and politics in Mozambique and to African women's history.
Pounders of Grain: A History of Women, Work, and Politics in Mozambique FROM THE PUBLISHER
This history of women in Mozambique moves from a description of various mid-19th century rural societies to an examination of the impact of structural adjustment and processes of democratization at the end of the 20th century.
SYNOPSIS
This history of women in Mozambique moves from a description of various mid-19th century rural societies to an examination of the impact of structural adjustment and processes of democratization at the end of the 20th century.