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Read [Maria Eriksson Baaz, Maria Stern Book] * Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War?: Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (Africa Now) Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War?: Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (Africa Now) Critical and theoretical This book is an excellent, theoretical look at the framing of sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict, and the consequences associated with each framework. It is one of the few books that I have seen recently that focuses on and challenges the ex]

Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War?: Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (Africa Now)

Title : Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War?: Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (Africa Now)
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Rating : 4.38 (796 Votes)
Asin : 1780321635
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 168 Pages
Publish Date : 2013-08-06
Language : English

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Critical and theoretical This book is an excellent, theoretical look at the framing of sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict, and the consequences associated with each framework. It is one of the few books that I have seen recently that focuses on and challenges the ex

In this provocative book, Baaz and Stern challenge the dominant understandings of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. Too often in conflict situations rape is referred to as a "weapon of war" - a term presented as self-explanatory. Drawing upon original fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as research material from other conflict zones, the authors emphasize the importance of context and the multiplicity of factors involved in gender-based violence, such as the nature of civilian-military relations, and ultimately argue that it is misleading to isolate sexual violence from other aspects of conflict.A much-anticipated book by two acknowledg

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