Women and genocide : survivors, victims, perpetrators / edited by Elissa Bemporad, Joyce W. Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bemporad, Elissa.

Contributor:

Bemporad, Elissa, editor.

Warren, Joyce W., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and war.

Women--Crimes against.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indiana University Press 2018

Summary:

The genocides of modern history-Rwanda, Armenia, Guatemala, the Holocaust, and countless others-and their effects have been well documented, but how do the experiences of female victims and perpetrators differ from those of men? In Women and Genocide, human rights advocates and scholars come together to argue that the memory of trauma is gendered and that women's voices and perspectives are key to our understanding of the dynamics that emerge in the context of genocidal violence. The contributors of this volume examine how women consistently are targets for the sexualized violence that serves as an instrument of ethnic cleansing, how female perpetrators take advantage of the new power structures, and how women are involved in the struggle for justice in post-genocidal contexts. By placing women at center stage, Women and Genocide helps us to better understand the nexus existing between misogyny and violence in societies where genocide erupts.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Halftitle

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Memory, Body, and Power: Women and the Study of Genocide

1. The Gendered Logics of Indigenous Genocide

2. Women and the Herero Genocide

3. Arshaluys Mardigian/Aurora Mardiganian: Absorption, Stardom, Exploitation, and Empowerment

4. "Hyphenated" Identities during the Holodomor: Women and Cannibalism

5. Gender: A Crucial Tool in Holocaust Research

6. German Women and the Holocaust in the Nazi East

7. No Shelter to Cry In: Romani Girls and Responsibility during the Holocaust

8. Birangona: Rape Survivors Bearing Witness in War and Peace in Bangladesh

9. Very Superstitious: Gendered Punishment in Democratic Kampuchea, 1975-1979

10. Sexual Violence as a Weapon during the Guatemalan Genocide

11. Gender and the Military in Post-Genocide Rwanda

12. Narratives of Survivors of Srebrenica: How Do They Reconnect to the World?

13. The Plight and Fate of Females During and Following the Darfur Genocide

14. Grassroots Women's Participation in Addressing Conflict and Genocide: Case Studies from the Middle East North Africa Region and Latin America

Selected Bibliography: Further Readings

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title screen (Science Direct viewed September 21, 2022).

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ISBN:

0-253-03383-7

0-253-03381-0

0-253-03382-9

0-253-03384-5

OCLC:

1029063885