| Description |
vi, 342 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: History of sexual violence in conflict zones / Elizabeth D. Heineman -- pt. 1. Sexual violence in peace and conflict: Rape in the American Revolution : process, reaction, and public re-creation / Sharon Block ; Sexual violence in the politics and policies of conquest : Amerindian women and the Spanish conquest of Alta California / Antonia I. Castañeda ; Femicide as terrorism : the case of Uzbekistan's unveiling murders / Marianne Kamp -- pt. 2. Economy of conflict-based sexual violence: Girls, women, and the significance of sexual violence in ancient warfare / Kathy L. Gaca ; Victimization of women in late precolonial and early colonial warfare in Tanzania / James Giblin -- pt. 3. Telling of sexual violence: War crimes or atrocity stories? Anglo-American narratives of truth and deception in the aftermath of World War I / Nicoletta F. Gullace ; Sexual and nonsexual violence against "politicized women" in Central Europe after the Great War / Rober Gerwarth ; "Big rape" : sex and sexual violence, war, and occupation in post-World War II memory and imagination / Atina Grossman ; War as history, humanity in violence : men, women, and memories of 1971, East Pakistan/Bangladesh / Yasmin Saikia -- pt. 4. Law and civilization: Theory and practice of female immunity in the Medieval West / Anne Curry ; Law, war, and women in seventeenth-century England / Barbara Donagan ; "Unlawfully and against her consent" : sexual violence and the military during the American Civil War / E. Susan Barber and Charles F. Ritter -- pt. 5. Toward an international human rights framework: Legal responses to World War II sexual violence : the Japanese experience / Yuma Totani ; Toward accountability for violence against women in war : progress and challenges / Rhonda Copelon. |
| Subject |
Rape as a weapon of war -- History.
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Rape as a weapon of war. |
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History. |
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Women and war -- History.
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Women and war. |
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Women (International law)
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Women (International law) |
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Women -- Violence against -- History.
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Women -- Violence against. |
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Women -- Crimes against -- History.
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Women -- Crimes against. |
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War crimes -- History.
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War crimes. |
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War victims -- History.
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War victims. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Heineman, Elizabeth D., 1962-
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| ISBN |
9780812243185 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0812243188 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
3616903 |
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