Description
Book SynopsisReports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women. Yet this reign of terror against women not only occurs during exceptional moments of social collapse, but during peacetime too. As this powerful book argues, violence against women should be understood as a systemic problem - one for which the state must be held accountable.
Trade Review"In this excellent book, the contributors consistently and compellingly question our assumptions about the state and gender violence in ways that will ground forthcoming scholarly conversations." -- Irina Carlota (Lotti) Silber * City College of New York *
"This wide-ranging volume documents the complicity of states in gender violence, from state perpetration of strategic sexual violence in some conflict settings – in Greece, Guatemala, Iraq, among others – to the neglect by states worldwide of women’s security and other basic needs in both war and peace. Essential reading for scholars and practitioners alike."
-- Elisabeth Jean Wood * Yale University *
Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: State Violence, Gender, and Resistance
1. Subaltern Bodies: Gender Violence, Sexual Torture, and Political Repression during the Greek Military Dictatorship (1967–1974)Katerina Stefatos
2. Sexual Violence as a Weapon during the Guatemalan GenocideVictoria Sanford, Sofia Duyos-Álvarez, and Kathleen Dill
3. Gender, Incarceration and Power Relations during the Irish Civil War (1922–1923)Laura McAtackney
4. Resistance and Activism against State Violence in Chiapas, MexicoMelanie Hoewer
Part Two: The Continuum of Sexual Violence and the Role of the State
5. Medical Record Review and Evidence of Mass Rape during the 2007/2008 Period of Post-Election Violence in KenyaMike Anastario
6. The Force of Writing in Genocide: On Sexual Violence in the al-Anfal Operations and BeyondFazil Moradi
7. Sexualized Bodies, Public Mutilation, and Torture at the Beginning of Indonesia’s New Order Regime (1965–66)Annie Pohlman
Part Three: State Responses to Gender Violence
8. Advances and Limits of Policing and Human Security for Women: Nicaragua in Comparative Perspective Shannon Drysdale Walsh
9. The State to the Rescue? The Contested Terrain of Domestic Violence in Post-Communist RussiaMaija Jäppinen and Janet Elise Johnson
10. The Absent State: Teen Mothers and New Patriarchal Forms of Gender Subordination Serena Cosgrove
11. Anti-Trafficking Legislation, Gender Violence, and the StateCecilia M. Salvi
Conclusion: Sex at the Security Council: Reflections on the Women, Peace and Security AgendaKimberly Theidon
Notes on ContributorsIndex
