Nationbuilding, gender, and war crimes in South Asia / / Bina D'Costa
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| Autore: |
D'Costa Bina
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| Titolo: |
Nationbuilding, gender, and war crimes in South Asia / / Bina D'Costa
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 954.04 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nation-building - South Asia |
| Nationalism - South Asia | |
| War crimes - South Asia | |
| Sex role - Political aspects - South Asia | |
| India-Pakistan Conflict, 1971 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | India History Partition, 1947 |
| Bangladesh History Revolution, 1971 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nationbuilding, gender, and war crimes in South Asia |
| ISBN: | 1-136-95938-6 |
| 1-283-51984-4 | |
| 9786613832290 | |
| 0-203-85001-7 | |
| 1-136-95939-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910799909403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 29.