Bush Wives and Girl Soldiers Women's Lives Through War and Peace in Sierra Leone

Name: Bush Wives and Girl Soldiers Women's Lives Through War and Peace in Sierra Leone
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ISBN: 9780801475122

ISBN-10: 0801475120

ISBN-13: 9780801475122

Edition: 2011

Authors: Chris Coulter

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During the war in Sierra Leone (1991–2002), members of various rebel movements kidnapped thousands of girls and women, some of whom came to take an active part in the armed conflict alongside the rebels. In a stunning look at the life of women in wartime, Chris Coulter draws on interviews with more than a hundred women to bring us inside the rebel camps in Sierra Leone. When these girls and women returned to their home villages after the cessation of hostilities, their families and peers viewed them with skepticism and fear, while humanitarian organizations saw them primarily as victims. Neither view was particularly helpful in helping them resume normal lives after the war. Offering…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Decade of War-Centuries of Uncertainty



Gendered Lives in Rural Sierra Leone



Abduction and Everyday Rebel Life



From Rape Victims to Female Fighters



Reconciliation or Revenge



Surviving the Postwar Economy



Coming Home-Domesticating the Bush


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index