Overview
Part of a new series titled Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia, supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada, Of the Nation Born takes Bangladesh as its focus, compiling some of the best writing and research to date on sexual violence and impunity. The book brings together both new and established scholars to look at areas as wide-ranging as the law and its histories, nationalism, memory and sexuality, the status of minorities, religion and its directives, universities as sites of gender-contestation, and more. With an introduction by acclaimed scholar Meghna Guhathakurta, the book offers a comprehensive overview of the situation in Bangladesh from the 1971 war for liberation to the present. Guhathakurta gives readers an excellent entry point for understanding the complex realities of how impunity for the perpetrators of sexual violence has become standard in Bangladesh in particular, and South Asia in general. Of the Nation Born is a valuable cross-disciplinary study and the first of its kind.
Full Product Details
Author: Hameeda Hossain ,
Amena Mohsin ,
Amena Mohsin
Publisher: Zubaan
Imprint: Zubaan
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 22.20cm
Weight: 0.656kg
ISBN: 9789384757793
ISBN 10: 9384757799
Pages: 320
Publication Date: December 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Eight papers and six interviews, case studies, and narratives explore the reasons for increasing sexual violence against women in South Asia, highlighting the experience of sexual violence and impunity in Bangladesh since the war for independence, in the public and private spheres, and during peacetime and war.""-- ""Journal of Economic Literature""
Eight papers and six interviews, case studies, and narratives explore the reasons for increasing sexual violence against women in South Asia, highlighting the experience of sexual violence and impunity in Bangladesh since the war for independence, in the public and private spheres, and during peacetime and war. --Journal of Economic Literature
Author Information
Hameeda Hossain is a Bangladeshi human rights activist and academic. She is a founding member of Ain o Salish Kendra, a legal aid and human rights organization, and cofounder of the English-language magazine Forum. Amena Mohsin teaches in the Department of International Relations at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has written extensively on rights issues, state, democracy, civil-military relations, and human security.
