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UNINA9910825350103321 |
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D'Costa Bina |
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Titolo |
Nationbuilding, gender and war crimes in South Asia / / Bina D'Costa |
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Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
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Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-95938-6 |
1-283-51984-4 |
9786613832290 |
0-203-85001-7 |
1-136-95939-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; v.29 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book gives a detailed political analysis of nationbuilding processes |
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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 |
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