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9781896357782

Feminists Under Fire

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-02-01
  • Publisher: Between the Lines
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Summary

This wide-ranging anthology compares the social, political, and economic situations of women during the civil wars in Sri Lanka and the former Yugoslavia

Table of Contents

Maps ix
Preface xi
Wenona Giles
Introduction: Feminist Exchanges and Comparative Perspectives across Conflict Zones
1(14)
Malathi de Alwis
1 Reflections on Gender and Ethnicity in Sri Lanka
15(10)
Maja Korac
2 Women Organizing against Ethnic Nationalism and War in the Post-Yugoslav States
25(12)
Part 1: Ethnic Nationalism and the Militarization of Women
Neluka Silva
Introduction
37(4)
Lepa Mladjenovic
3 Women in Black Against War (Belgrade)
41(4)
Žarana Papic
4 "Bosnian, Albanian, and Roma Women Are Our Sisters": Feminist Politics in Serbia
45(10)
Neloufer de Mel
5 Agent or Victim? The Sri Lankan Woman Militant in the Interregnum
55(20)
Djurdja Kneževic
6 Gender and Nationalism in the Croatian Media War
75(12)
Part 2: Gendered Violence in Times of Conflict
Malathi de Alwis
Introduction
87(4)
Radhika Coomaraswamy
7 A Question of Honour: Women, Ethnicity, and Armed Conflict
91(12)
Duska Andric-Ružicic
8 War Rape and the Political Manipulation of Survivors
103(12)
Ananda Galappatti
9 Psychological Suffering, "Trauma," and PTSD: Implications for Women in Sri Lanka's Conflict Zones
115
Selvy Thiruchandran
10 The Other Victims of Terror: Households in Chaos
131(12)
Part 3: Politics and Cultures of Resistance
Edith Klein
Introduction
143(4)
Neluka Silva
11 The Politics of Intermarriage in Sri Lanka in an Era of Conflict
147(10)
Lepa Mladjenovic
12 Feminist Politics in the Anti-war Movement in Belgrade: To Shoot or Not To Shoot?
157(10)
Kumudini Samuel
13 Activism, Motherhood, and the State in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict
167(14)
Elissa Helms
14 Gender Essentialisms and Women's Activism in Post-War Bosnia-Herzegovina
181(18)
Wenona Giles
15 The Women's Movement in Sri Lanka: An Interview with Kumari Jayawardene
199(12)
Malathi deAlwis, Wenona Giles, and Edith Klein
Afterword: Future Directions - Sri Lanka and the Post-Yugoslav States
211(6)
Selected Bibliography 217(6)
Contributors 223(6)
Index 229

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