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This volume will examine the varied roles that women and children
play in period of warfare, which in most cases deviate from their
perceived role as noncombatants. Using social theory about the
nature of sex, gender and age in thinking about vulnerabilities to
different groups during warfare, this collection of studies focuses
on the broader impacts of war both during warfare but also long
after the conflict is over. The volume will show that during
periods of violence and warfare, many suffer beyond those
individuals directly involved in battle. From pre-Hispanic Peru to
Ming dynasty Mongolia to the Civil War-era United States to the
present, warfare has been and is a public health disaster,
particularly for women and children. Individuals and populations
suffer from displacement, sometimes permanently, due to loss of
food and resources and an increased risk of contracting
communicable diseases, which results from the poor conditions and
tight spaces present in most refugee camps, ancient and modern.
Bioarchaeology can provide a more nuanced lens through which to
examine the effects of warfare on life, morbidity, and mortality,
bringing individuals not traditionally considered by studies of
warfare and prolonged violence into focus. Inclusion of these
groups in discussions of warfare can increase our understanding of
not only the biological but also the social meaning and costs of
warfare.
This volume will examine the varied roles that women and children
play in period of warfare, which in most cases deviate from their
perceived role as noncombatants. Using social theory about the
nature of sex, gender and age in thinking about vulnerabilities to
different groups during warfare, this collection of studies focuses
on the broader impacts of war both during warfare but also long
after the conflict is over. The volume will show that during
periods of violence and warfare, many suffer beyond those
individuals directly involved in battle. From pre-Hispanic Peru to
Ming dynasty Mongolia to the Civil War-era United States to the
present, warfare has been and is a public health disaster,
particularly for women and children. Individuals and populations
suffer from displacement, sometimes permanently, due to loss of
food and resources and an increased risk of contracting
communicable diseases, which results from the poor conditions and
tight spaces present in most refugee camps, ancient and modern.
Bioarchaeology can provide a more nuanced lens through which to
examine the effects of warfare on life, morbidity, and mortality,
bringing individuals not traditionally considered by studies of
warfare and prolonged violence into focus. Inclusion of these
groups in discussions of warfare can increase our understanding of
not only the biological but also the social meaning and costs of
warfare.
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