Woman, Violence and War : Wartime Victimzation of Refugees in the Balkans

Nikolic-Ristanovic, Vesna (EDT)

Central European University Pr（2000/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789639116603
• DDC分類 949.703

Full Description

This text is about war as it is seen, lived and interpreted by women, based on interviews with seventy women refugees. Written by citizens of the former Yugoslavia who understand and appreciate the circumstances of the victims, it is a probing investigation into victimization. Many of the accounts portray the horrific experiences the victims had to face and the book addresses the issues of sexual, physical and psychological violence, as well as the problems of confinement, upheaval and family separation. The book dispels the myth that many of the women were peasants, and shows that in fact they were educated, middle-class women with independent careers. The study also depicts how some of the victims attempt to come to terms with the aftermath of wartime abuse. The text also maintains that violence against women in war is not independent of peace-time victimization and the imbalance of power between sexes.

Contents

Introduction; definitions of violence in war and the female experience; the method and the sample; sexual violence; physical abuse and homicide; psychic violence and fear in war and their consequences for the psychological health of women; separation from family and its destruction; life in refuge; social acceptance and difficulties of adaption to the new environment; strategies of support and health; conclusion.NER(01): GB