Female Combatants After Armed Struggle: Lost In Transition?
Title | Female Combatants After Armed Struggle: Lost In Transition? |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Gilmartin, Niall |
Number of Pages | 208 |
Publisher | Routledge |
City | London |
Abstract | Drawing on the feminist theory of a continuum of violence, this book finds that the dichotomous separation of war and peace within conventional approaches represents a gendered fiction. Despite undertaking wartime roles that were empowering, agentic, and subversive, this book finds that the "post-conflict moment" as experienced by female combatants represents not peace and security, but a continuity of gender discrimination, violence, injustice, and insecurity. The experiences and perspectives contained in this book challenge the discursive deployment of terms such as post-conflict, peace, and security, and moreover, shed light on the many forms of post-war activism undertaken by combatant women in pursuit of peace, equality, and security. |
URL | https://www.routledge.com/Female-Combatants-after-Armed-Struggle-Lost-in-Transition/Gilmartin/p/book/9780367582838 |
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