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Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones
Giles
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Description for Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones
Paperback. In conflict zones from Iraq and Afghanistan to Guatemala and Somalia, the rules of war are changing dramatically. This book brings the highly gendered and racialized dimensions of these changes into sharp relief. It explores the gendered politics of ethno-nationalism in Sri Lanka, the post-Yugoslav states, and Israel and Palestine. Editor(s): Giles, Wenona; Hyndman, Jennifer. Num Pages: 373 pages, 1 line illustration, 12 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
In conflict zones from Iraq and Afghanistan to Guatemala and Somalia, the rules of war are changing dramatically. Distinctions between battlefield and home, soldier and civilian, state security and domestic security are breaking down. In this especially timely book, a powerful group of international authors doing feminist research brings the highly gendered and racialized dimensions of these changes into sharp relief. In essays on nationalism, the political economy of conflict, and the politics of asylum, they investigate what happens when the body, household, nation, state, and economy become sites at which violence is invoked against people. In particular, these hard-hitting ... Read more
In conflict zones from Iraq and Afghanistan to Guatemala and Somalia, the rules of war are changing dramatically. Distinctions between battlefield and home, soldier and civilian, state security and domestic security are breaking down. In this especially timely book, a powerful group of international authors doing feminist research brings the highly gendered and racialized dimensions of these changes into sharp relief. In essays on nationalism, the political economy of conflict, and the politics of asylum, they investigate what happens when the body, household, nation, state, and economy become sites at which violence is invoked against people. In particular, these hard-hitting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
Number of Pages
373
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520237919
SKU
V9780520237919
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About Giles
Wenona Giles is Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto. She is co-editor of Feminists Under Fire: Exchanges Across War Zones (2003). Jennifer Hyndman is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, and the author of Managing Displacement: Refugees and the ... Read more
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