Gender and Catastrophe (Paperback)

This volume explores the gendered and gendering effects of violence against women in the extreme situations of major wars, genocides, famines, slavery, the Holocaust, mass rape, and ethnic cleansing. The female experience of methodical genocidal rape in the former Yugoslavia, women's coerced participation in the Rwandan massacre, the comfort women system during World War II, the gendering of genocidal strategies during the Holocaust, nuclear testing in the Pacific, and the reproduction policy in Tibet are analysed from a feminist perspective and integrated into a wider framework - a framework which uncovers the true consequences of identifying women as simultaneously sexual objects, transmitters of culture, and symbols of the nation.

General

Imprint:	Zed Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1997
First published:	1998
Editors:	Ronit Lentin
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-85649-446-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust
LSN:	1-85649-446-2
Barcode:	9781856494465

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