The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining
events in twentieth-century political history. The South African
women's movement is one of the most celebrated on the African
continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as
she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change.
Her work reveals how women's political organizations both shaped
and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately
asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the
democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and
remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time,
their feminism was profoundly shaped by the context of democratic
and nationalist ideologies. In reading the last twenty-five years
of South African history through a feminist framework, Hassim
offers fresh insights into the interactions between civil society,
political parties, and the state. Hassim boldly confronts sensitive
issues such as the tensions between autonomy and political
dependency in feminists' engagement with the African National
Congress (ANC) and other democratic movements, and black-white
relations within women's organizations. She offers a historically
informed discussion of the challenges facing feminist activists
during a time of nationalist struggle and democratization.
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