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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799909403321

Autore

D'Costa Bina

Titolo

Nationbuilding, gender, and war crimes in South Asia / / Bina D'Costa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-95938-6

1-283-51984-4

9786613832290

0-203-85001-7

1-136-95939-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; v.29

Disciplina

954.04

Soggetti

Nation-building - South Asia

Nationalism - South Asia

War crimes - South Asia

Sex role - Political aspects - South Asia

India-Pakistan Conflict, 1971

India History Partition, 1947

Bangladesh History Revolution, 1971

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 (p. [218]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia; Copyright Page; Contents; Bibliography; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The politics of nationalism and nationbuilding; 2 1947: From partition to creation; 3 1971: Politics of silence, or refusal to remember?; 4 Gendered nationbuilding; 5 Frozen in time? War crimes, justice and political forgiveness; 6 Partnership with transnational networks for gender-sensitive justice mechanism; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Interview with Respondent M; Appendix 2: Interview with Dr Geoffrey Davis

Appendix 3: The International Crimes (Tribunals) ACT, 1973Glossary; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book gives a detailed political analysis of nationbuilding processes and how these are closely linked to statebuilding and to issues of war



crime, gender and sexuality, and marginalization of minority groups. With a focus on the Indian subcontinent, the author demonstrates how the state itself is involved in the construction of a gendered identity, and how control of women and their sexuality is central to the nationbuilding project. She applies a critical feminist approach to two major conflicts in the Indian subcontinent - the Partition of India in 1947 and the Liberati