In Plain Sight – Exploring the Field of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
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A01=Gaby Zipfel
A01=Kirsten Campbell
A01=Regina Muhlhauser
Author_Gaby Zipfel
Author_Kirsten Campbell
Author_Regina Muhlhauser
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- ISBN 9789385932816
- Weight: 616g
- Dimensions: 148 x 218mm
- Publication Date: 22 Nov 2020
- Publisher: Zubaan
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
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Although it is now well-known how pervasive sexual violence is in situations of war and peace, not enough has been done to work towards its prevention. Compiled by the international research group Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, this volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding wartime sexual violence. Its inquiry employs four key relationships: war and power, violence and sexuality, gender and engendering, and visibility and invisibility. Within these subjects, the authors identify gaps in existing knowledge to develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the field. Through essays, reflections, and conversations, they show how such violence is polymorphic and heterogenous. Women’s activism and research, according to them, has done a great deal to draw attention to sexual violence, showing how it is man-made and is structured by cultural, social, and historical conditions. Together, the contributors make a powerful argument for urgency in addressing this major issue across the world by listening to the voices of women on the ground.
Kirsten Campbell is currently principal investigator of the European Research Council funded project, the Gender of Justice. Regina Mühlhäuser is a senior researcher at the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture and an associate researcher at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research in Germany. She is co-coordinator of the international research group Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC). Gaby Zipfel is co-coordinator SVAC. She is a researcher at the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture, and a member of the Eurozine Advisory Board.
