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Book SynopsisIn conflict zones from Iraq and Afghanistan to Guatemala and Somalia, the rules of war are changing dramatically. This book brings the highly gendered and racialized dimensions of these changes into sharp relief. It explores the gendered politics of ethno-nationalism in Sri Lanka, the post-Yugoslav states, and Israel and Palestine.
Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments PART ONE: FEMINIST APPROACHES TO GENDER AND CONFLICT 1. Introduction: Gender and Conflict in a Global Context Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman 2. The Continuum of Violence: A Gender Perspective on War and Peace Cynthia Cockburn 3. The Sounds of Silence: Feminist Research across Time in Guatemala Cathy Blacklock and Alison Crosby PART TWO: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN WAR AND POSTWAR TIMES 4. Like Oil and Water, with a Match: Militarized Commerce, Armed Conflict, and Human Security in Sudan Audrey Macklin 5. No "Safe Haven": Violence against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan Shahrzad Mojab 6. From Pillars of Yugoslavism to Targets of Violence: Interethnic Marriages in the Former Yugoslavia and Thereafter Mirjana Morokvasic-Muller 7. Geographies of Violence: Women and Conflict in Ghana Valerie Preston and Madeleine Wong 8. Gender, the Nationalist Imagination, War, and Peace Nira Yuval-Davis PART THREE: FEMINIST ANALYSES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ASYLUM 9. Refugee Camps as Conflict Zones: The Politics of Gender Jennifer Hyndman 10. The "Purity" of Displacement and the Reterritorialization of Longing: Muslim IDPs in Northwestern Sri Lanka Malathi de Alwis 11. Escaping Conflict: Afghan Women in Transit Asha Hans 12. War, Flight, and Exile:Gendered Violence among Refugee Women from Post-Yugoslav States Maja Korac 13. The Gender Relations of Multilateralism in the Post-Yugoslav States: Intervention, Reconstruction, and Globalization Edith Klein PART FOUR: FEMINIST FUTURES: NEGOTIATING GLOBALIZATION, SECURITY, AND HUMAN DISPLACEMENT 14. New Directions for Feminist Research and Politics Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman References List of Contributors Index