Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict: More Dangerous to be a Woman?

Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict explores gender-based violence in war and armed conflict, including sexualized, genocidal, and reproductive violence against both genders. It also highlights male victimization and challenges gendered notions of who is dangerous and who is in danger during war.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 16 October 2020
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict is an ebook edition that is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. The book delves into visual as well as text-based materials to unpack gender-based violence perpetrated and experienced by both genders within and beyond the conflict zone. It considers examples of old and new wars ranging from the Holocaust, the 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh, and the armed conflicts in the DRC, Iraq, Syria, and Darfur. The author showcases examples of male victimization, and thus redresses gaps within the literature. In particular, as part of an original gendered analysis of the war on terror, Banwell unpacks womens involvement in sexual violence against male prisoners at Abu Ghraib. By going beyond instances of interpersonal violence and looking additionally at structural forms of gender-based violence, state violence, institutional violence, and climate variability, the book broadens our understanding of both the causes and consequences of modern conflicts. Through her critique of gender essentialism, the author challenges gendered notions of who is dangerous and who is in danger during war/armed conflict. Eclectic in its approach and multi-disciplinary in scope, Banwells text is illuminating reading for academics, students, and professionals working with war-affected populations.

Weight: 332g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787691162