Our bodies, their battlefields : war through the lives of women / Christina Lamb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamb, Christina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Sex crimes.

Women and war--Philippines.

Women and war.

Women and war--Syria.

Women and war--Argentina.

Women and war--History.

Women and war--Iraq.

Women and war--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Women and war--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Crimes against humanity.

History.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Women and war--Nigeria.

Women and war--Rwanda.

Women and war--Burma.

Crimes against humanity--History.

War victims.

War crimes.

Rape as a weapon of war.

Burma.

Rwanda.

Nigeria.

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Iraq.

Argentina.

Syria.

Philippines.

Physical Description:

369 pages : illustrations ; maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster ; 2020.

Summary:

"In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she's never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars-the "bang-bang" war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice."--Amazon.

"In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she's never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars-the (3z (Bbang-bang (3y (Bwar and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice."--Amazon.

Contents:

1 On Mussolini's Island p. 11

2 The Girls in the Forest p. 17

3 The Power of a Hashtag p. 35

4 Queue Here for the Rape Victim p. 59

5 Women Who Stare into Space p. 77

6 The Women Who Changed History p. 95

7 The Roses of Sarajevo p. 129

8 This Is What a Genocide Looks Like p. 149

9 The Hunting Hour p. 161

10 Then There Was Silence p. 175

11 The Beekeeper of Aleppo p. 201

12 The Nineveh Trials p. 225

13 Dr. Miracle and the City of Joy p. 247

14 Mummy Didn't Close the Door Properly ... p. 277

15 The Lolas-Till the Last Breath p. 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical resources and index.

ISBN:

9781501199172

150119917X

OCLC:

1039389378

Publisher Number:

99985257918