Routledge

Routledge

English

"Law takes us inside the world of white Rhodesian women, and how they navigated the complex politics of one of the oddest moments in the history of decolonisation... [this book]... offers: a new way to think through Rhodesia’s post-war history, and thus to consider how decolonisation studies might incorporate new interpretations located in the politics of race and gender... It is Law’s achievement to have captured the complex and sometimes contradictory nuances of this extraordinary moment. The connecting tissue linking gender and decolonisation has found its voice in this pioneering and important study." - Professor Philippa Levine, Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor in the Humanities, University of Texas "This is a well-researched, engaging study that I can recommend to scholars and students interested in gender and colonialism, gendered perspectives on decolonisation, and modern Southern African history. It engages in a critique of the patriarchal structures of a racialized settler colony and provides fresh insight into the white settler mentality that refused any liberal concessions to African rights." - Professor Barbara Bush, Women's History Review "Law’s book makes a bold and essential contribution to the growing literature on white Rhodesia in the post- war period, as well as broader understandings of empire, decolonisation, and gender within settler societies." - Dr. David Kenrick, Journal of Culture and Society