Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War? : Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond / Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern.

By:

Baaz, Maria Eriksson

Contributor(s):

Stern, Maria

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Africa now (Zed Books)Publication details: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 157 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781780321653
1780321651
9781780321646
1780321643

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sexual violence as a weapon of war?.DDC classification:

362.88082 23

LOC classification:

HV6250.4.W65 B33 2013eb

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Contents:

Sex/gender violence -- 'Rape as a weapon of war'? -- The messiness and uncertainty of warring -- Post-coloniality, victimcy and humanitarian engagement: being a good global feminist? -- Concluding thoughts and unanswered questions.

Subject: "In this provocative but much-needed book, Eriksson Baaz and Stern challenge the dominant understandings of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. Based on original fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as research material from other conflict zones, the book challenges the recent prominence given to sexual violence, highlighting the problems with isolating that from other violence in war"--Publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"In this provocative but much-needed book, Eriksson Baaz and Stern challenge the dominant understandings of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. Based on original fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as research material from other conflict zones, the book challenges the recent prominence given to sexual violence, highlighting the problems with isolating that from other violence in war"--Publisher.

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