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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159458403321

Autore

Porter Holly E. <1980->

Titolo

After rape : violence, justice, and social harmony in northern Uganda / / Holly Porter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-316-86696-3

1-316-86804-4

1-316-86822-2

1-316-63186-9

1-316-84129-4

1-316-86840-0

1-316-86858-3

1-316-86912-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The international African library ; ; 53

Disciplina

364.1532096761

Soggetti

Rape - Social aspects - Uganda

Rape as a weapon of war - Uganda

Conflict management - Uganda

Justice, Administration of - Uganda

Acholi (African people) - Uganda - Social conditions - 20th century

Acholi (African people) - Uganda - Social conditions - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2017).

Sommario/riassunto

Following the ICC intervention in 2005, northern Uganda has been at the heart of international justice debates. The emergent controversy, however, missed crucial aspects of Acholi realities: that the primary moral imperative in the wake of wrongdoing was not punishment but, instead, the restoration of social harmony. Drawing upon abundant fieldwork and in-depth interviews with almost 200 women, Holly Porter examines issues surrounding wrongdoing and justice, and sexual violence and rape, among the Acholi people in northern Uganda. This intricate exploration offers evidence of a more complicated and



nuanced explanation of rape and its aftermath, suggesting a re-imagining of the meanings of post-atrocity justice, whilst acknowledging the role of sex, power and politics in all sexual experiences between coercion and consent. With its wide investigation of social life in northern Uganda, this provocative study offers vital analysis for those interested in sexual and gender violence, post-conflict reconstruction and human rights.