Book
Ideology, economics, and the role of Shona women in Southern Rhodesia, 1850-1939
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Schmidt, Elizabeth.
Abstract
This source examines "the critical role of Shona women in the emergence of an African peasantry and the decline in their social and economic status when their productive base was subsequently undercut" as the result of European impositions. Given particular attention are the social, economic, and political roles of Shona women prior to European occupation; the emergence and decline of the Shona peasantry in the Goromonzi District, and the perception of African women by missionaries and colonial officials. Additional discussion concerns the theme of gender ideology and explores the objectives of missionary education; the latter is particularly concerned with "domestication and deskilling of African women and girls," and the debate surrounding their training as domestic servants for Europeans.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1991
- Field Date
- 1985-1986
- Coverage Date
- 1890-1939
- Coverage Place
- northeastern Zimbabwe
- Notes
- [by] Elizabeth Suzanne Schmidt
- Proquest number: UM8720482
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 458-488)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Madison, University of Wisconsin, 1987
- LCSH
- Shona (African people)