"A One-Woman Expedition to Get to Know Tanzanian Women": State Socialist Women's Travelogues about Africa in the 1960s–80s.

The article discusses the travelogues of Hungarian women who visited African countries in the 1960s-80s as part of state-socialist mobility programs. The women recorded their experiences, focusing on gender relations, racialized practices, and socialist internationalism. The travelogues reveal varyi...

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Published in:Journal of World History Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 269 - 296
Main Author: Krizmanics, Réka
Format: Article
Published: University of Hawai'i Jun2025
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