Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War : reframing gender and conflict in Africa /: reframing gender and conflict in Africa. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gloria Chuku and Sussie U. Aham-Okoro.
• Editors: Chuku, Gloria; Aham-Okoro, Sussie U
• Contents: Part I: Writing about Warring Women in Prewar, Wartime and Postwar Nigeria ; ; Chapter 1: Introduction: Writing about Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War ; ; Gloria Chuku ; ; Chapter 2: Undressing to Redress: The Sexual Politics of Protests in Colonial and Post-Colonial Southeastern Nigeria ; ; Bright Alozie ; ; Chapter 3: Women and New Responsibilities in Wartimes: A Perspective Analysis of the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967 – 1970 ; ; Ajishola Omojeje ; ; ; ; Part II: Women’s War Life Stories and Memoirs ; ; Chapter 4: Becoming Biafran: The Civil War Writing of Rosina Umelo ; ; S. Elizabeth Bird ; ; Chapter 5: Nwanyi B’uno: Reflections on Angelina Ihejirika’s Memoir on the Nigeria-Biafra War ; ; Christine N. Ohale ; ; Chapter 6: Invisible Loss: Rose Njoku’s Narration of Familial Loss in the Nigeria-Biafra War ; ; Comfort Olajumoke Verissimo ; ; Chapter 7: Women, War Memories and Counter Memories: Stories of Survival, Resilience and Empowerment ; ; Sussie U. Aham Okoro ; ; ; ; Part III: War Conditions and Women’s Coping Strategies ; ; Chapter 8: Rape as a Moral Attack against Women in the Nigeria-Biafra War ; ; Mary Rose-Claret Ogbuehi ; ; Chapter 9: Igbo Maidens and the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970: Interethnic Marriage or Forced Migration? ; ; Nathaniel B. Gimba Luka ; ; Chapter 10: Igbo Women's Fashion and the Nigeria-Biafra War ; ; Chukwuemeka Nwigwe ; ; ; ; Part IV: Women, Consequences and Postwar Rehabilitation ; ; Chapter 11: Igbo Women and Postwar Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Reintegration Efforts in Nigeria, 1968-1975 ; ; Gloria Chuku ; ; Chapter 12: Impact of the Nigeria-Biafra War on the Education of Girls in Eastern Nigeria: 1967-1970 ; ; Zara E. Kwaghe ; ; Chapter 13: Igbo Women’s Experience in Northern Nigeria during the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970: A Study in Lessons of Trauma and Backlash ; ; Aisha Balarabe Bawa ; ; Chapter 14: Women and War Crimes: Highlighting Progress on Gender-Based Legislation in International Criminal Justice since the Nigeria-Biafra War ; ; Chinyere Eze-Nliam ; ; ; ; Part V: The War and Literary Representations of Women ; ; Chapter 15: Narratives of Trauma and Struggle in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun ; ; Blessing Diala-Ogamba ; ; Chapter 16: The Wrath of War and the Ruin of the Woman: A Socio-critical Analysis of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ; ; Ngozi Kris-Ogbodo & Marinus Samoh Yong
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 966.9052; Women and war -- Nigeria -- History -- 20th century; Women, Igbo -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970; Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Women
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793617859
• Related ISBNs: 9781793617842
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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