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This book explores the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in
international criminal law and asks what the juridicalisation of
gender-based violence signifies for women. The book explores the
portrayal of the various gendered identities that surface in armed
conflict and it asks whether the law is capable of reflecting these
in subsequent judgements. Focusing on the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda as well as subsequent developments in the
International Criminal Court, the book shows how the tribunals have
delivered landmark jurisprudence in the area of sexual violence
against women and provided a legacy for how gender justice is
incorporated into international law. However, Daniela Nadj argues
that in the relevant cases there is a tendency to depict women in
monolithic fashion with little agency or sense of identity beyond
their ethnicity. By bringing to the surface the complexity and
multi-faceted gendered identities in wartime, the book calls for a
reconceptualisation of notions of femininity in armed conflict.
"Fly Away, Pigeon" tells the heart-wrenching story of a family torn
between emigration and immigration and paints evocative portraits
of the former Yugoslavia and modern-day Switzerland. In this novel,
Melinda Nadj Abonji interweaves two narrative strands, recounting
the history of three generations of the Kocsis family and
chronicling their hard-won assimilation. Originally part of
Serbia's Hungarian-speaking minority in the Vojvodina, the Kocsis
family immigrates to Switzerland in the early 1970s when their
hometown is still part of the Yugoslav republic. Parents Miklos and
Rosza land in Switzerland knowing just one word--"work." And after
three years of backbreaking, menial work, both legal and illegal,
they are finally able to obtain visas for their two young
daughters, Ildiko and Nomi, who safely join them. However, for all
their efforts to adapt and assimilate they still must endure
insults and prejudice from members of their new community and
helplessly stand by as the friends and family members they left
behind suffer the maelstrom of the Balkan War.
With tough-minded nostalgia and compassionate realism, "Fly Away,
Pigeon" illustrates how much pain and loss even the most successful
immigrant stories contain. It is a work that is intensely local,
while grounded in the histories and cultures of two distinctive
communities. Its emotions and struggles are as universal as the
human dilemmas it portrays.
This book explores the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in
international criminal law and asks what the juridicalisation of
gender-based violence signifies for women. The book explores the
portrayal of the various gendered identities that surface in armed
conflict and it asks whether the law is capable of reflecting these
in subsequent judgements. Focusing on the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda as well as subsequent developments in the
International Criminal Court, the book shows how the tribunals have
delivered landmark jurisprudence in the area of sexual violence
against women and provided a legacy for how gender justice is
incorporated into international law. However, Daniela Nadj argues
that in the relevant cases there is a tendency to depict women in
monolithic fashion with little agency or sense of identity beyond
their ethnicity. By bringing to the surface the complexity and
multi-faceted gendered identities in wartime, the book calls for a
reconceptualisation of notions of femininity in armed conflict.
This book critically evaluates the transnational communities approach to contemporary international migration. It does so through a specific focus on the relationship between 'transnational communities' and 'home'. The meaning of 'home' for international migrants is changing and evolving, as new globally-oriented identities are developed. These issues are explored through a number of central themes: the meaning of 'home' to transnational peoples, the implications of transforming these social spaces and how these have been transformed. eBook available with sample pages: 0203167147
Following a period of rapid political change, both globally and in
relation to the Middle East and South Asia, this collection sets
new terms of reference for an analysis of the intersections between
global, state, non-state and popular actors and their contradictory
effects on the politics of gender. The volume charts the shifts in
academic discourse and global development practice that shape our
understanding of gender both as an object of policy and as a
terrain for activism. Nine individual case studies systematically
explore how struggles for political control and legitimacy
determine both the ways in which dominant gender orders are
safeguarded and the diverse forms of resistance against them.
While the occupation of Iraq and its aftermath has received media
and political attention, we know very little about the everyday
lives of Iraqis. Iraqi men, women, and children are not merely
passive victims of violence, vulnerable recipients of repressive
regimes, or bystanders of their country's destruction. In the face
of danger and trauma, Iraqis continue to cope, preparing food,
sending their children to school, socialising, telling jokes, and
dreaming of a better future. Within the realm of imagination and
creative expression, the editors find that many Iraqi artists have
not only survived but have also sought healing. In We Are Iraqis,
Al-Ali and Al-Najjar showcase written and visual contributions by
Iraqi artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, photographers, and
activists. Contributors explore the way Iraqis retain, subvert, and
produce art and activism as ways of coping with despair and
resisting chaos and destruction. The first anthology of its kind,
We Are Iraqis brings into focus the multitude of ethnicities,
religions, and experiences that are all part of Iraq.
Following a period of rapid political change, both globally and in
relation to the Middle East and South Asia, this collection sets
new terms of reference for an analysis of the intersections between
global, state, non-state and popular actors and their contradictory
effects on the politics of gender. The volume charts the shifts in
academic discourse and global development practice that shape our
understanding of gender both as an object of policy and as a
terrain for activism. Nine individual case studies systematically
explore how struggles for political control and legitimacy
determine both the ways in which dominant gender orders are
safeguarded and the diverse forms of resistance against them.
While the occupation of Iraq and its aftermath has received media
and political attention, we know very little about the everyday
lives of Iraqis. Iraqi men, women, and children are not merely
passive victims of violence, vulnerable recipients of repressive
regimes, or bystanders of their country's destruction. In the face
of danger and trauma, Iraqis continue to cope, preparing food,
sending their children to school, socializing, telling jokes, and
dreaming of a better future. Within the realm of imagination and
creative expression, the editors find that many Iraqi artists have
not only survived but have also sought healing. In We Are Iraqis,
Al-Ali and Al-Najjar showcase written and visual contributions by
Iraqi artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, photographers, and
activists. Contributors explore the way Iraqis retain, subvert, and
produce art and activism as ways of coping with despair and
resisting chaos and destruction. The first anthology of its kind,
We Are Iraqis brings into focus the multitude of ethnicities,
religions, and experiences that are all part of Iraq.
Characters behaving out of the norm, poems about poets, films about
film-making or the cinema a " metaizing methods of expression, that
is, reflections on an art in that art, are diverse and can be found
in all genres, media and epochs. This compendium is the first to
provide a systematic overview of the theories, forms and functions
of metaization. Numerous sample analyses introduce the historical
perspectives and media-specific approaches a " from Homera (TM)s
metanarrative The Odyssey to The Simpsons as a metacartoon.
In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the
world that America's interest was in liberation - especially for
women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since
the invasion, "What Kind of Liberation?" reports from the heart of
the war zone with dire news of scarce resources, growing
unemployment, violence, and seclusion. Moreover, the book exposes
the gap between rhetoric that placed women center stage and the
present reality of their diminishing roles in the 'new Iraq'. Based
on interviews with Iraqi women's rights activists, international
policy makers, and NGO workers and illustrated with photographs
taken by Iraqi women, "What Kind of Liberation?" speaks through an
astonishing array of voices. Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt correct
the widespread view that the country's violence, sectarianism, and
systematic erosion of women's rights come from something inherent
in Muslim, Middle Eastern, or Iraqi culture. They also demonstrate
how in spite of competing political agendas, Iraqi women activists
are resolutely pressing to be part of the political transition,
reconstruction, and shaping of the new Iraq.
Despite the increasing importance of the concept of "diaspora" and
its widespread use in academic case studies and in the
self-description of a number of minority communities and networks,
the subject has received relatively little general scholarly
treatment. "Diasporas: Concepts, "Intersections, "Identities,
"addresses this lack by providing a comprehensive and authoritative
overview of the political and cultural ideas and groups involved.
Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, the book contains examinations
of major concepts and theories, including migration, ethnicity, and
postcolonialism. It also provides introductions to selected key
diasporas -- Jewish, Irish and African American among others -- as
well as discussions of diaspora in relation to a range of important
issues and processes, and explorations of new directions in
research.
Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of
the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context
of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the
Middle East. Critically examining the ways in which the actions of
various local and transnational groups - including women's
movements, diaspora communities, national governments,
non-governmental actors and multilateral bodies - interact to both
intentionally and inadvertantly shape the experiences of women in
conflict situations, and determine the possibilities for women's
participation in peace-building and (post)-conflict reconstruction,
as well as the longer-term prospects for peace and security. The
volume pays particular attention to the ways in which gender roles,
relations and identities are constructed, negotiated and employed
within transnational social and political fields in the conflict
and post-conflict situations, and their particular consequences for
women. Contributions focus on the two countries with the longest
experiences of war and conflict in the Middle East, and which have
been subject to the most prominent international interventions of
recent years - that is, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian
Territories. Issues addressed by contributors include the impact of
gender mainstreaming measures by international agencies and NGOs
upon the ability of women to participate in peace-building and
post-conflict resolution; the consequences for gender relations and
identities of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq; and how
transnational feminist movements can most effectively support peace
building and women's rights in the region. Based entirely on
original empirical research. Women and War in the Middle East
brings together some of the foremost scholars in the areas of
feminist international relations, feminist international political
economy, anthropology, sociology, history and Middle East studies.
Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of
the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context
of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the
Middle East. Critically examining the ways in which the actions of
various local and transnational groups - including women's
movements, diaspora communities, national governments,
non-governmental actors and multilateral bodies - interact to both
intentionally and inadvertantly shape the experiences of women in
conflict situations, and determine the possibilities for women's
participation in peace-building and (post)-conflict reconstruction,
as well as the longer-term prospects for peace and security. The
volume pays particular attention to the ways in which gender roles,
relations and identities are constructed, negotiated and employed
within transnational social and political fields in the conflict
and post-conflict situations, and their particular consequences for
women. Contributions focus on the two countries with the longest
experiences of war and conflict in the Middle East, and which have
been subject to the most prominent international interventions of
recent years - that is, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian
Territories. Issues addressed by contributors include the impact of
gender mainstreaming measures by international agencies and NGOs
upon the ability of women to participate in peace-building and
post-conflict resolution; the consequences for gender relations and
identities of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq; and how
transnational feminist movements can most effectively support peace
building and women's rights in the region. Based entirely on
original empirical research. Women and War in the Middle East
brings together some of the foremost scholars in the areas of
feminist international relations, feminist international political
economy, anthropology, sociology, history and Middle East studies.
The war in Iraq has put the condition of Iraqi women firmly on the
global agenda. For years, their lives have been framed by state
oppression, economic sanctions and three wars. Now they must play a
seminal role in reshaping their country's future for the
twenty-first century. Nadje Al-Ali challenges the myths and
misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women,
bringing a much needed gender perspective to bear on the central
political issue of our time. Based on life stories and oral
histories of Iraqi women, she traces the history of Iraq from
post-colonial independence, to the emergence of a women's movement
in the 1950s, Saddam Hussein's early policy of state feminism to
the turn towards greater social conservatism triggered by war and
sanctions. Yet, the book also shows that, far from being passive
victims, Iraqi women have been, and continue to be, key social and
political actors. Following the invasion, Al-Ali analyses the
impact of occupation and Islamist movements on women's lives and
argues that US-led calls for liberation has led to a greater
backlash against Iraqi women.
Nadje Al-Ali's book explores the anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented activism by focusing on the women's movement in Egypt; in so doing, it challenges stereotypical images of Arab women as passive victims. The argument is constructed around interviews that afford insights into the history of the movement, its activities and its goals. The author frames her work around current theoretical debates in Middle Eastern and postcolonial scholarship.
Nadje Al-Ali's book explores the anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented activism by focusing on the women's movement in Egypt; in so doing, it challenges stereotypical images of Arab women as passive victims. The argument is constructed around interviews that afford insights into the history of the movement, its activities and its goals. The author frames her work around current theoretical debates in Middle Eastern and postcolonial scholarship.
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