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Author Zimmerman, Sarah J., author.

Title Militarizing marriage : West African soldiers' conjugal traditions in modern French empire / Sarah J. Zimmerman.

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series War and militarism in African history
War and militarism in African history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. French African Soldiers and Female Conjugal Partners in Colonial Militarism -- Marrying into the Military: Colonization, Emancipation, and Martial Community in West Africa, 1880-1900 -- Colonial Conquest "en Famille": African Military Households in Congo and Madagascar, 1880-1905 -- Mesdames Tirailleurs and Black Villages: Trans-Saharan Experiences in the Conquest of Morocco, 1908-18 -- Domestic Affairs in the Great War: Legal Plurality, Citizenship, and Family Benefits, 1914-18 -- Challenging Colonial Order: Long-Distance, Interracial, and Cross-Colonial Conjugal Relationships, 1918-46 -- Afro-Vietnamese Military Households in French Indochina and West Africa, 1930-56 -- Epilogue. Decolonization, Algeria, and Legacies.
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"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Africa, West.
Soldiers -- Family relationships.
West Africa.
Military spouses -- Africa, French-speaking West -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Military spouses.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Women -- Africa, French-speaking West -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women.
Africa, French-speaking West -- History -- 1884-1960.
Women -- Social conditions.
French-speaking Western Africa.
Chronological Term 1884-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Zimmerman, Sarah J. Militarizing marriage. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020 9780821424223 (DLC) 2019059725 (OCoLC)1126808156
ISBN 9780821440674 (electronic book)
0821440675 (electronic book)
9780821424223
082142422X