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Women across the globe are being dramatically affected by war as
currently waged by the USA. But there has been little public space
for dialogue about the complex relationship between feminism,
women, and war. The editors of Feminism and War have brought
together a diverse set of leading theorists and activists who
examine the questions raised by ongoing American military
initiatives, such as: What are the implications of an imperial
nation/state laying claim to women's liberation? What is the
relation between this claim and resulting American foreign policy
and military action? Did American intervention and invasion in fact
result in liberation for women in Afghanistan and Iraq? What
multiple concepts are embedded in the phrase "women's liberation"?
How are these connected to the specifics of religion, culture,
history, economics, and nation within current conflicts? What is
the relation between the lives of Afghan and Iraqi women before and
after invasion, and that of women living in the US? How do women
who define themselves as feminists resist or acquiesce to this
nation/state claim in current theory and organizing? Feminism and
War reveals and critically analyzes the complicated ways in which
America uses gender, race, class, nationalism, imperialism to
justify, legitimate, and continue war. Each chapter builds on the
next to develop an anti-racist, feminist politics that places
imperialist power, and forms of resistance to it, central to its
comprehensive analysis.
The Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were
promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq a
self-proclaimed president of Pakistan. Since then, tens of
thousands of Pakistani women have been charged and incarcerated
under the Zina Ordinance, which governs illicit sex - both adultery
and fornication in general. Although most of these women are
subsequently released for lack of evidence, they spend months or
years in jail before trial. Despite international calls for its
repeal, these laws still remain in effect. From 1998 to 2002,
Shahnaz Khan interviewed women who had been incarcerated under the
zina laws in Pakistan. She argues that the zina laws help situate
morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence
of societal immorality such as injustice, corruption, and continued
impoverishment of the greater segment of the Pakistani population.
Khan concludes that transnational feminist solidarity can help
women identify the linkages between the local and global and
challenge oppressive practices internationally. This analysis will
appeal to scholars and students of gender, law, human rights, and
Islamic/Middle Eastern studies.
Women across the globe are being dramatically affected by war as
currently waged by the USA. But there has been little public space
for dialogue about the complex relationship between feminism,
women, and war. The editors of Feminism and War have brought
together a diverse set of leading theorists and activists who
examine the questions raised by ongoing American military
initiatives, such as: What are the implications of an imperial
nation/state laying claim to women's liberation? What is the
relation between this claim and resulting American foreign policy
and military action? Did American intervention and invasion in fact
result in liberation for women in Afghanistan and Iraq? What
multiple concepts are embedded in the phrase "women's liberation"?
How are these connected to the specifics of religion, culture,
history, economics, and nation within current conflicts? What is
the relation between the lives of Afghan and Iraqi women before and
after invasion, and that of women living in the US? How do women
who define themselves as feminists resist or acquiesce to this
nation/state claim in current theory and organizing? Feminism and
War reveals and critically analyzes the complicated ways in which
America uses gender, race, class, nationalism, imperialism to
justify, legitimate, and continue war. Each chapter builds on the
next to develop an anti-racist, feminist politics that places
imperialist power, and forms of resistance to it, central to its
comprehensive analysis.
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