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Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence - The Right to Heal; Internal Conflict and Social Upheaval in India
Chatterji, Angana P.; Buluswar, Shashi; Kaur, Mallika
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Description for Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence - The Right to Heal; Internal Conflict and Social Upheaval in India
Hardback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFE; JFSJ1; JKV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 628.
Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence elucidates the centrality of political and foundational violence in the governance of conflicted democracies in the postcolony, calling attention to the urgent need for transformation. Spectacular and quotidian gendered and sexualized violence by states and collectives holds in place fraught and unjust histories and relations between elites and subalterns, majoritarian subjects and non-dominant "Others." At the intersections of nationalist and decolonial confrontations, such violence regularizes states of emergency and exception. Through oral history, archival, and legal research undertaken over three years, this interdisciplinary work underscores the need for transitional and transformative justice mechanisms in conflicted ... Read more
Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence elucidates the centrality of political and foundational violence in the governance of conflicted democracies in the postcolony, calling attention to the urgent need for transformation. Spectacular and quotidian gendered and sexualized violence by states and collectives holds in place fraught and unjust histories and relations between elites and subalterns, majoritarian subjects and non-dominant "Others." At the intersections of nationalist and decolonial confrontations, such violence regularizes states of emergency and exception. Through oral history, archival, and legal research undertaken over three years, this interdisciplinary work underscores the need for transitional and transformative justice mechanisms in conflicted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
Number of Pages
454
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9789384757113
SKU
V9789384757113
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About Chatterji, Angana P.; Buluswar, Shashi; Kaur, Mallika
Angana P. Chatterji is a San Francisco-based anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian. She cofounded the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Administered Kashmir. Shashi Buluswar teaches International Development at University of California, Berkeley. He is the cofounder and former executive director of the Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab LIGTT. Mallika Kaur is a ... Read more
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