The making of elite women : revolution and nation building in Eritrea / by Tanja R. Müller.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index.

Social Change and the Status of Women in a Revolutionary Society -- The Context -- The concept of revolution -- Women and revolution in the developing world -- A history of unfulfilled promises? -- Within the Eritrean Revolution: National Independence and Women's Liberation -- Conflicting Objectives or Complementary Agenda? -- Eritrean society and nationalist politics up to 1970 -- The EPLF and its national democratic revolution -- Within the Eritrean revolution: National independence and women's liberation -- Methodology -- Methodological choices -- Data sources -- Of Freedom Fighters and University Graduates: The Struggle as Window of Opportunity -- Some Histories -- In the field and beyond -- The road via education -- The Journey Through Schooling -- Successes and Tribulations of Young Women in Secondary Schools -- The exceptions -- Stories of fulfilled ambitions -- From Tsabra to Barentu: Encounters with tomorrow's elite? -- The view from Asmara -- Women in the Elite I: Challenges of the Present, Education for the Future -- After the struggle ... still fighting for the revolution? -- Different careers, different feelings? -- In search of a role model -- Education for an emancipated future?! -- Women in the Elite II: Ambitions for the Future -- The University Experience and Personal Emancipation -- "Our future is trapped" -- The individual versus the nation -- "I want a good job" -- Ambitions for what kind of future?

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This book captures the intriguing stories of different generations of women within the Eritrean nation building process. Theoretical analyses of political and social change are combined with extensive field research to provide a comprehensive picture of modernisation processes in Eritrea.

English.

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