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Uniform Title Zene, nasilje i rat. English
Title Women, violence and war : wartime victimization of refugees in the Balkans / edited by Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic ; [English translation by Borislav Radovic]
Published Budapest, Hungary ; New York : Central European University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages)
Contents Preface / Marina Blagojevic -- A brief history of the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina (from its origins to the 1995 Dayton peace accords) / Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic -- Definitions of violence in war and the experience of women: the subject of research / Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic -- The method and the sample--a contribution to the feminist critique of methodology / Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic, Ivana Stevanovic -- Sexual violence / Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic -- The Hague Tribunal and rape in the former Yugoslavia / Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic -- Physical abuse and homicide / Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic -- Psychological violence and fear in war, and their consequences for the psychological health of women / Slobodanka Konstantinovic-Vilic -- Separation and dissolution of the family / Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic -- Life in refuge--changes in socioeconomic and familial status / Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic, Ivana Stevanovic -- Social acceptance and the difficulty of adapting to a new environment / Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic -- Strategies of support and help / Slobodanka Konstantinovic-Vilic -- Who are the women who have spoken? -- A sample of their stories and letters
Summary Based on interviews with seventy women refugees, Women, Violence and War is a book about war as it is seen, lived and interpreted by women who were citizens of the former Yugoslavia. Many of the accounts portray the horrific experiences the victims had to face and the book addresses issues of sexual, physical and psychological violence, as well as problems of confinement, upheaval and family separation. In a completely new insight the book dispels the myth that many of the women were peasants, and shows that in fact they were educated, middle-class women with independent careers. The study also depicts how some of the victims attempt to come to terms with the aftermath of wartime abuse. This probing, accurate and unique investigation of victimization is an unparalleled volume that presents a completely new perspective maintaining that violence against women in war is not independent of peace-time victimization and the imbalance of power between sexes
Analysis Personal narratives, Bosnia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index
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Subject Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Women
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Personal narratives
Women refugees -- Serbia -- Biography
HISTORY -- General.
Women
Women refugees
Oorlogsmisdaden.
Vrouwenmishandeling.
Seksuele mishandeling.
Vluchtelingen.
Balkanoorlogen (1991-1999)
Balkan Peninsula.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Serbia
Genre/Form Biographies
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Nikolic-Ristanovic, Vesna
LC no. 00060345
ISBN 0585369542
9780585369549
9633865492
9789633865491