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Record Nr.

UNINA9910541815403321

Autore

Baaz Maria Eriksson

Titolo

Sexual violence as a weapon of war? : perceptions, prescriptions, problems in the Congo and beyond / / Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22255-0

1-78032-165-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Africa now

Disciplina

362.88082

Soggetti

Women - Crimes against

War victims

Gender studies, gender groups

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.