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Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures
Carol Cohn
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Description for Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures
Paperback. Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. Editor(s): Cohn, Carol. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 730.
Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though, those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at every turn in the (gendered) phenomena of war. Women have participated in the making, fighting, and concluding of wars throughout history, and their participation is only increasing at the turn of the ... Read more
Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though, those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at every turn in the (gendered) phenomena of war. Women have participated in the making, fighting, and concluding of wars throughout history, and their participation is only increasing at the turn of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
566g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745642451
SKU
V9780745642451
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About Carol Cohn
Carol Cohn is the author of Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures, published by Wiley.
Reviews for Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures
Book of the month on Intercross Women and Wars fills the vacuum left by the 'women as victims' approach that characterized the early 2000's, with a diverse array of options for understanding the roles and perspectives that women have during conflict, including: soldiers, civilians, caregivers, sex workers, refugees and internally displaced persons, anti-war activists, and community peace-builders ... Read more