| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 262 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Cynthia Enloe -- Preface and acknowledgements / Lihua Wang -- Introduction: life blossoms in the killing fields / Robin M. Chandler -- Not making excuses: functions of rape as a tool in ethno-nationalist wars / Natalja Zabeida -- Speaking with postwar Liberia: gender-based violence interventions for girls and women / Robin M. Chandler -- Sexual violence among refugees and asylum seekers who come to the United States / Linda Piwowarczyk -- Victims, villains, and victors: mediated wartime images of women / Linda K. Fuller -- Challenging hegemonic understandings of human rights violations in the South African truth and reconciliation commission: the need for a new narrative / Kiri Gurd and Rashida Manjoo -- A gendered approach for policy in United Nations peacekeeping missions / Colleen Keaney-Mischel -- Aftermath of U.S. invasions: the anguish of women in Afghanistan and Iraq / Hayat Imam -- Women and peace in a divided society: peace-building potentials of feminist struggles and reform processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Anne Jenichen -- Peace is the name of an unborn child in Turkey / Simten Coşar -- Reconstructing women in postconflict Rwanda / Laura Sjoberg -- Relationships of war: mothers, soldiers, knowledge / Steven L. Gardiner and Angie Reed Garner -- Female participation in the Iraqi insurgency: insights into nationalist and religious warfare / Karla J. Cunningham -- Agency and militarization in the heartland: noncombatant American women / Michelle M. Gardner-Morkert -- Horror to hope, tragedy to triumph: the women of Rwanda / Tadia Rice |
| Summary |
Inspired by a conference held at Northeastern University on the topic of Women, War, and Violence, editors Robin M. Chandler, Lihua Wang, and Linda K. Fuller bring together research and real-life stories from twenty-one international contributors who document gender involvement from victims to valiant in wartime and activism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women and war.
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War victims.
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Women -- Violence against.
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Victims of violent crimes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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Victims of violent crimes
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War victims
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Women and war
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Women -- Violence against
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chandler, Robin M
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Wang, Lihua
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Fuller, Linda K
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| ISBN |
9780230111974 |
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0230111971 |
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9781349288069 |
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1349288063 |
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