Theorising women: the intellectual contributions of Charlotte Maxeke to the struggle for liberation in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorLalu, Premesh
dc.contributor.authorApril, Thozama
dc.contributor.otherDept. of History
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-10T13:55:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-26T06:59:19Z
dc.date.available2013/02/14 15:44
dc.date.available2013/02/14
dc.date.available2013-07-10T13:55:25Z
dc.date.available2024-03-26T06:59:19Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study outlines five areas of intervention in the development of women studies and politics on the continent. Firstly, it examines the problematic construction and the inclusion of women in the narratives of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Secondly, the study identifies the sphere of intellectual debates as one of the crucial sites in the production of historical knowledge about the legacies of liberation struggles on the continent. Thirdly, it traces the intellectual trajectory of Charlotte Maxeke as an embodiment of the intellectual contributions of women in the struggle for liberation in South Africa. In this regard, the study traces Charlotte Maxeke as she deliberated and engaged on matters pertaining to the welfare of the Africans alongside the prominent intellectuals of the twentieth century. Fourthly, the study inaugurates a theoretical departure from the documentary trends that define contemporary studies on women and liberation movements on the continent. Fifthly, the study examines the incorporation of Maxeke's legacy of active intellectual engagement as an integral part of gender politics in the activities of the Women's Section of the African National Congress. In the areas identified, the study engages with the significance of the intellectual inputs of Charlotte Maxeke in South African history.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9786
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectArchive Feveren_US
dc.subjectBantu Women's Leagueen_US
dc.subjectBlack Atlanticen_US
dc.subjectCharlotte Maxekeen_US
dc.subjectFederation of South African Womenen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectGender Relationsen_US
dc.subjectHistoriographyen_US
dc.subjectIntellectual Traditionsen_US
dc.subjectLiberation Struggleen_US
dc.subjectNational Council of womenen_US
dc.subjectSouth African Democracy Education Trusten_US
dc.subjectWomen's Section of the African National Congressen_US
dc.titleTheorising women: the intellectual contributions of Charlotte Maxeke to the struggle for liberation in South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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