Women and Wars Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures

Name: Women and Wars Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures
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ISBN: 9780745642451

ISBN-10: 0745642454

ISBN-13: 9780745642451

Edition: 2012

Authors: Carol Cohn, Laura Sjoberg

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Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though, those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at every turn in the (gendered) phenomena of war. Women have participated in the making, fighting, and concluding of wars throughout history, and their participation is only increasing at the turn of the 21st century. Women experience war in multiple ways: as soldiers, as fighters, as civilians, as caregivers, as sex workers,…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 10/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.60" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Text Boxes and Tables


List of Acronyms


Notes on Contributors


Acknowledgments


Preface: Gender Analysis Isn’t Easy




Women and Wars: An Introduction




Women and the Political Economy of War




Sexual Violence and Women’s Health in War




Women Forced to Flee: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons




Women and Political Activism in the Face of War and Militarization




Women and State Military Forces




Women, Girls and Non-State Armed Opposition Groups




Women and Peace Processes




Women, Girls and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)




Women "After" Wars



Notes


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