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

• Autore: Porter Holly E. <1980->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 364.1532096761
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: After rape
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910159458403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International African library ; ; 53.