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The Search for Justice: The Sri Lanka Papers (Zubaan Series on Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia)
Kumari Jayawardena
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Description for The Search for Justice: The Sri Lanka Papers (Zubaan Series on Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 150. .
At the end of a quarter century of conflict, over 100,000 Sri Lankans have died and thousands of survivors have been victims of sexual violence. The subsequent cry for justice cannot be ignored. In The Search for Justice, a collection of writers and activists look to history and contemporary politics to examine the root causes of sexual violence in Sri Lanka. Offering an analysis of the polarizations created around ethnic and linguistic identities during the war years and an examination of the routine violence toward women, the authors argue powerfully that Sri Lankan women must not be treated only as ... Read more
At the end of a quarter century of conflict, over 100,000 Sri Lankans have died and thousands of survivors have been victims of sexual violence. The subsequent cry for justice cannot be ignored. In The Search for Justice, a collection of writers and activists look to history and contemporary politics to examine the root causes of sexual violence in Sri Lanka. Offering an analysis of the polarizations created around ethnic and linguistic identities during the war years and an examination of the routine violence toward women, the authors argue powerfully that Sri Lankan women must not be treated only as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9789385932069
SKU
V9789385932069
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99-15
About Kumari Jayawardena
Kumari Jayawardena teaches in the masters program in women's studies at Colombo University, Sri Lanka. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including Class, Patriarchy and Ethnicity on Sri Lankan Plantations: Two Centuries of Power and Protest. Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena is a lawyer and media columnist and the author of A Legacy to Remember: Sri Lanka's Commissions of ... Read more
Reviews for The Search for Justice: The Sri Lanka Papers (Zubaan Series on Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia)
The product of research conducted by the Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia project, this volume focuses on patterns of sexual violence during the many years of conflict in Sri Lanka, detailing the effects on survivors and their communities of violence that, according to the contributors, often went unanswered because of 'structures that enable impunity on the part of ... Read more