TY - BOOK ID - 77916217 TI - Manning the nation : father figures in Zimbabwean literature and society AU - Muchemwa, K. Z. AU - Muponde, Robert. PY - 2007 SN - 1282869019 9786612869013 1779221312 1779221304 1779220944 9781779221315 9781770095007 1770095004 9781779220691 1779220693 PB - Harare, Zimbabwe : Johannesburg, South Africa : Weaver Press ; Jacana Media, DB - UniCat KW - Father figures KW - Father figures in literature. KW - Zimbabwean literature KW - Patriarchy in literature. KW - Literature and society KW - Masculinity in literature. KW - Masculinity (Psychology) in literature KW - Literature KW - Literature and sociology KW - Society and literature KW - Sociology and literature KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Rhodesian literature KW - Figures, Father KW - Psychology KW - History and criticism. KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77916217 AB - Gender studies in Zimbabwe have tended to focus on women and their comparative disadvantages and under-privilege. Assuming a broader perspective is necessary at a time when society has grown used to arguments rooted in binaries: colonised and coloniser, race and class, sex and gender, poverty and wealth, patriotism and terrorism, etc. The editors of Manning the Nation recognise that concepts of manhood can be used to repress or liberate, and will depend on historical and political imperatives; they seek to introduce a more nuanced perspective to the interconnectivity of patriarchy, masculinity ER -