Overview

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, as sexual slaves, refugees and internally displaced persons, as anti-war activists, as community peace-builders, and more. This book at once provides a glimpse into where women are in war, and gives readers the tools to understood women’s (told and untold) war experiences in the greater context of the gendered nature of global social and political life.

Full Product Details

Author:   Carol Cohn (Director of the Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights) ,  Cynthia Enloe
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780745642451

ISBN 10:   0745642454
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Boxes and Tables vi Abbreviations viii Contributors xiii Foreword by Cynthia Enloe xv Acknowledgments xvii 1 Women and Wars: Toward a Conceptual Framework 1 Carol Cohn 2 Women and the Political Economy of War 36 Angela Raven-Roberts 3 Sexual Violence and Women’s Health in War 54 Pamela DeLargy 4 Women Forced to Flee: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 80 Wenona Giles 5 Women and Political Activism in the Face of War and Militarization 102 Carol Cohn and Ruth Jacobson 6 Women and State Military Forces 124 Jennifer G. Mathers 7 Women, Girls, and Non-State Armed Opposition Groups 146 Dyan Mazurana 8 Women and Peace Processes 169 Malathi de Alwis, Julie Mertus, and Tazreena Sajjad 9 Women, Girls, and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) 194 Dyan Mazurana and Linda Eckerbom Cole 10 Women ""After"" Wars 215 Ruth Jacobson Notes 242 References 250 Index 279"

Reviews

Too often, women remain invisible in times of war. With contributions from scholars, activists, and policymakers, Women and Wars uncovers stories about women's multiple roles as warriors, war victims, and peacebuilders. An important text for anyone concerned with the tragic consequences of today's wars. And a reminder that wars are always gendered. J. Ann Tickner, School of International Relations, University of Southern California With its diverse, thoughtful, and theoretically rich perspectives on gender, conflict and violence this book stands out from the crowd as an exceptional and interdisciplinary contribution to the field. This will be a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners and should be treated as a 'go to' resource giving an exciting perspective on the state of the field in gender and war. Megan Mackenzie, University of Sydney The book provides a comprehensive picture the current scholarship on women and war as well as detailed and disturbing accounts of the lives of women during and after many recent wars. It would be an ideal text for a variety of courses on international and human security. Craig Murphy, Wellesley College

Author Information

Carol Cohn is the author of Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures, published by Wiley.

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