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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Nicola Henry |
ISBN: | 9780415564724 0415564727 9780415564731 0415564735 9780203836194 0203836197 |
OCLC Number: | 495781670 |
Description: | xii, 169 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction : How the past is made to matter -- Traces of truth : collective memory and the law -- A history of silence : the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials -- Casualties of law : wartime rape and war crimes courts -- Trials and trauma : the impossibility of bearing witness -- Wartime rape and the legacy of law. |
Series Title: | Interventions (Routledge (Firm)) |
Responsibility: | Nicola Henry. |
Abstract:
Wartime rape has been virulent in wars of sovereignty, territory, conquest, religion, ideology and liberation, yet attention to this crime has been sporadic throughout history. This book asks some critical questions about the relationship between mass rape, politics and law.
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'Nicola Henry has written an erudite and powerfully argued book about the role of law in constructing collective memories of sexual violation in wartime.' - Joanna Bourke, Gender & Development, Vol. 19, 2, July 2011'The book is well written and is great use to anyone interested in gender studies, war studies and legal studies or collective memory issues.' Rasa Balockaite, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Read more...
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