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Description for Women in War
Paperback. Women in War provides an in-depth analysis of women's experiences in the FMLN guerrilla army in El Salvador, and examines the consequences of those experiences for their post war lives. It also develops a new model for investigating and understanding micro-level mobilization processes that has applications to many social movement settings. Series: Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JFSJ1; JHB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Waging war has historically been an almost exclusively male endeavor. Yet, over the past several decades women have joined insurgent armies in significant and surprising numbers. Why do women become guerrilla insurgents? What experiences do they have in guerrilla armies? And what happens to these women when the fighting ends? Women in War answers these questions while providing a rare look at guerrilla life from the viewpoint of rank-and-file participants. From 230 in-depth interviews with men and women guerrillas, guerrilla supporters, and non-participants in rural El Salvador, Jocelyn Viterna investigates why some women were able to channel their wartime ... Read more
Waging war has historically been an almost exclusively male endeavor. Yet, over the past several decades women have joined insurgent armies in significant and surprising numbers. Why do women become guerrilla insurgents? What experiences do they have in guerrilla armies? And what happens to these women when the fighting ends? Women in War answers these questions while providing a rare look at guerrilla life from the viewpoint of rank-and-file participants. From 230 in-depth interviews with men and women guerrillas, guerrilla supporters, and non-participants in rural El Salvador, Jocelyn Viterna investigates why some women were able to channel their wartime ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199843657
SKU
V9780199843657
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About Jocelyn Viterna
Jocelyn Viterna is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.
Reviews for Women in War
an important contribution to the study of gender, violence, and political mobilization ... Highly recommended.
CHOICE
Women in War is exemplary scholarship, full of the type of novel observations that come only from extensive time in the field and years of poring over data. It will undoubtedly set the agenda for some time to come, for research into ... Read more
CHOICE
Women in War is exemplary scholarship, full of the type of novel observations that come only from extensive time in the field and years of poring over data. It will undoubtedly set the agenda for some time to come, for research into ... Read more