Stephanie Lämmert
Biographic Data
| ID | 236844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Lämmert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Lämmert |
| SIGNATURE | LÄMMERT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Human Development |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6674-4016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Corinne T. Field und LaKisha Michelle Simmons (Hg.), The Global History of Black Girlhood
Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964
This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines. However, urban women rejected such labelling and resisted the isolation of modern motherhood. Instead, they cr…
Intellectual Journeys towards Emotions
This Viewpoint contribution considers the recent turn to emotion and affect in the humanities and the social sciences. We present here a conversation between four scholars of gender, Ute Frevert, Chitra Joshi, Lynn M. Thomas and Valerie Walkerdine, reflecting on their personal intellectual trajectories. In their discussion, they examine how, when and why they began to explore the analytical potential of feelings and emotions in their scholarly wo…
“Let’s hope there are some good girls”. Sugar Relationships and Feminine Respectability in Post-Independence Zambia
This essay examines the popular genre of sugar daddy stories in post-independence Zambia. Sugar relations in African history have typically been discussed using either a structuralist approach focusing on economic inequality and poverty, or one highlighting the individual agency of women in order to not present them as pawns, victims or dupes. Instead, this article zooms into the fantasies of observers of these relationships and the fluid feeling…
Only a misunderstanding? Non-conformist rumours and petitions in late-colonial Tanzania
The rich and nuanced literature on African intermediaries has shed new light on the colonial encounter from the perspective of African interlocutors, but has often neglected to study failed acts of communication between colonial administrators and non-elite African intermediaries. This article fills in some gaps by focusing on non-successful communications. Analysing rumours and non-conformist modes of petitioning, the article explores misunderst…
Fear and mockery
This article analyses the popular story of the two ‘social bandits’ Osale and Paulo who caused insecurity and fear in Tanganyika’s Usambara Mountains during the 1950s. By comparing various oral accounts of the story and supplementing the sparse archival material available, the paper reveals a narrative of multiple anxieties haboured by the residents of Shambaai during a time of rapid transformation under late colonial rule. As they reworked the r…
Only a misunderstanding? Non-conformist rumours and petitions in late-colonial Tanzania
The rich and nuanced literature on African intermediaries has shed new light on the colonial encounter from the perspective of African interlocutors, but has often neglected to study failed acts of communication between colonial administrators and non-elite African intermediaries. This article fills in some gaps by focusing on non-successful communications. Analysing rumours and non-conformist modes of petitioning, the article explores misunderst…
Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964
This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines. However, urban women rejected such labelling and resisted the isolation of modern motherhood. Instead, they cr…
Fear and mockery
This article analyses the popular story of the two ‘social bandits’ Osale and Paulo who caused insecurity and fear in Tanganyika’s Usambara Mountains during the 1950s. By comparing various oral accounts of the story and supplementing the sparse archival material available, the paper reveals a narrative of multiple anxieties haboured by the residents of Shambaai during a time of rapid transformation under late colonial rule. As they reworked the r…
Only a misunderstanding? Non-conformist rumours and petitions in late-colonial Tanzania
The rich and nuanced literature on African intermediaries has shed new light on the colonial encounter from the perspective of African interlocutors, but has often neglected to study failed acts of communication between colonial administrators and non-elite African intermediaries. This article fills in some gaps by focusing on non-successful communications. Analysing rumours and non-conformist modes of petitioning, the article explores misunderst…
Fear and mockery
This article analyses the popular story of the two ‘social bandits’ Osale and Paulo who caused insecurity and fear in Tanganyika’s Usambara Mountains during the 1950s. By comparing various oral accounts of the story and supplementing the sparse archival material available, the paper reveals a narrative of multiple anxieties haboured by the residents of Shambaai during a time of rapid transformation under late colonial rule. As they reworked the r…
“Let’s hope there are some good girls”. Sugar Relationships and Feminine Respectability in Post-Independence Zambia
This essay examines the popular genre of sugar daddy stories in post-independence Zambia. Sugar relations in African history have typically been discussed using either a structuralist approach focusing on economic inequality and poverty, or one highlighting the individual agency of women in order to not present them as pawns, victims or dupes. Instead, this article zooms into the fantasies of observers of these relationships and the fluid feeling…
Corinne T. Field und LaKisha Michelle Simmons (Hg.), The Global History of Black Girlhood
Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964
This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines. However, urban women rejected such labelling and resisted the isolation of modern motherhood. Instead, they cr…
Intellectual Journeys towards Emotions
This Viewpoint contribution considers the recent turn to emotion and affect in the humanities and the social sciences. We present here a conversation between four scholars of gender, Ute Frevert, Chitra Joshi, Lynn M. Thomas and Valerie Walkerdine, reflecting on their personal intellectual trajectories. In their discussion, they examine how, when and why they began to explore the analytical potential of feelings and emotions in their scholarly wo…
African history and culture studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works)