War and Women across Continents - Autobiographical and Biographical Experiences (Hardcover)

Drawing on family materials, historical records, and eyewitness accounts, this book shows the impact of war on individual women caught up in diverse and often treacherous situations. It relates stories of partisans in Holland, an Italian woman carrying guns and provisions in the face of hostile soldiers, and Kikuyu women involved in the Mau Mau insurrection in Kenya. A woman displaced from Silesia recalls fleeing with children across war-torn Germany, and women caught up in conflicts in Burma and in Rwanda share their tales. War's aftermath can be traumatic, as shown by journalists in Libya and by a midwife on the Cambodian border who helps refugees to give birth and regain hope. Finally, British women on active service in Afghanistan and at NATO headquarters also speak.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2016
Editors:	Shirley Ardener • Fiona Armitage-Woodward • Lidia D. Sciama
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-1-78533-013-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78533-013-6
Barcode:	9781785330131

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