Militarizing marriage : West African soldiers' conjugal traditions in modern French empire /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zimmerman, Sarah J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2020]
Series:War and militarism in African history.
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Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:xv, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821424223
082142422X