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Author Zimmerman, Sarah J., author.

Title Militarizing marriage : West African soldiers' conjugal traditions in modern French empire / Sarah J. Zimmerman
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series War and militarism in African history
War and militarism in African history.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Africa, West
Military spouses -- Africa, French-speaking West -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Women -- Africa, French-speaking West -- Social conditions -- 20th century
HISTORY / Africa / West
Soldiers -- Family relationships
Women -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Africa, French-speaking West -- History -- 1884-1960. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001626
Subject French-speaking Western Africa
West Africa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780821440674
0821440675