| Series |
War culture
War culture. ^A1271994
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| Contents |
Introduction: Portraits of Resistance / Lava Asaad -- Part 1. Representations of Resistance in Art and Media -- 1. Syrian Women's Prison Art: Toward a Poetics of Creative Insurgency / Stefanie Sevcik -- 2. Moving beyond Victimhood: Female Agency in Bangladeshi War Movies / Farzana Akhter -- 3. Structuring Jineology within Global Feminism: Representations of Kurdish Women Fighters in Western Media / Lava Asaad -- Part 2. Literature and Resistance -- All the Female Bodies: Female Resistance and Political Consciousness in Testimonies of the Dirty War in Argentina / Lucía García-Santana -- 5. The Woman from Tantoura: An Autotheoretical Reading in the Art of Resistance / Doaa Omran -- 6. South Asian Women and Hybrid Identities: Narratives of Abduction and Displacement in Partition Literature / Margaret Hageman -- 7. Writing Solidarity: Women in Bapsi Sidhwa's Cracking India / Carolyn Ownbey -- 8. Sri Lankan Postcolonial Inversion and a "Thousand Mirrors" of Resistance / Moumin Quazi -- Part 3. Advocacy/Activism -- 9. Kashmiri Women Activists in the Aftermath of the Partition of India / Nyla Ali Khan -- 10. Teaching Narratives of Rape Survivors of the Bangladesh War in a Classroom: A Survey / Shafinur Nahar -- 11. They Fear Us Because We Are Fearless: Women-Led Global Environmental Advocacy and Its Enemies / Matthew Spencer -- Conclusion: Detangling Resistance / Fayeza Hasanat. |
| Abstract |
"In the global south, women have and continue to resist multiple forms of structural violence. The atrocities committed against Yazidi women by ISIS have been recognized internationally, and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad in 2018 was a tribute to honor women whose bodies have been battered in the name of race, nationality, war, and religion. In the Crossfire of History:Women's War Resistance Discourse in the Global South is an edited collection that incorporates literary works, testimonies, autobiographies, women's resistance movements, and films that add to the conversation on the resilience of women in the global south. The collection focuses on Palestine, Kashmir, Syria, Kurdistan, Congo, Argentina, Central America, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The essays question historical accuracy and politics of representation that usually undermine women's role during conflict, and they reevaluate how women participated, challenged, sacrificed, and vehemently opposed war discourses that erase women's role in shaping resistance movements. The transformative mode of these examples expands the definition of heroism and defiance. To prevent these types of heroism from slipping into the abyss of history, this collection brings forth and celebrates women's fortitude in conflict zones. In the Crossfire of History shines a light on women across the globe who are resisting the sociopolitical and economic injustices in their nation-states"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract |
"In the global south, women have and continue to resist multiple forms of structural violence. The atrocities committed against Yazidi women by ISIS have been recognized internationally, and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad in 2018 was a tribute to honor women whose bodies have been battered in the name of race, nationality, war, and religion. In the Crossfire of History:Women's War Resistance Discourse in the Global South is an edited collection that incorporates literary works, testimonies, autobiographies, women's resistance movements, and films that add to the conversation on the resilience of women in the global south. The collection focuses on Palestine, Kashmir, Syria, Kurdistan, Congo, Argentina, Central America, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The essays question historical accuracy and politics of representation that usually undermine women's role during conflict, and they reevaluate how women participated, challenged, sacrificed, and vehemently opposed war discourses that erase women's role in shaping resistance movements.The transformative mode of these examples expands the definition of heroism and defiance. To prevent these types of heroism from slipping into the abyss of history, this collection brings forth and celebrates women's fortitude in conflict zones. In the Crossfire of History shines a light onwomen across the globe who are resisting the sociopolitical and economic injustices in their nation-states. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2021056999 |
| ISBN | 9781978830219 paperback |
| ISBN | 1978830211 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781978830226 hardcover |
| ISBN | 197883022X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
