Engendering Violence: Boundaries, Histories, and the Everyday

Introduces a special issue on how borders violently mark women's bodies in wars of direct and indirect conquest, and how women's agency is constituted in these times. Looks at how gendered violence is inscribed through the spectacular and in everyday life, and at the role of war or armed c...

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Published in:Cultural dynamics 2004-10, Vol.16 (2-3), p.125-139
Main Authors: Banerjee, Sukanya, Chatterji, Angana, Chaudhry, Lubna Nazir, Desai, Manali, Toor, Saadia, Visweswaran, Kamala
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agency and Structure
Borders
Colonialism
Community
Cultural studies
Everyday life
Females
Gender
Gender aspects
Postcolonial societies
Religion
Sex Role Identity
Social history
South Asia
State Role
Violence
War
Wars
Women
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Summary:Introduces a special issue on how borders violently mark women's bodies in wars of direct and indirect conquest, and how women's agency is constituted in these times. Looks at how gendered violence is inscribed through the spectacular and in everyday life, and at the role of war or armed conflict in transforming women's spheres of agency. Outlines some of the words and events that highlight the importance of a gendered analysis of violence in south Asia in particular. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0921-3740
1461-7048
DOI:10.1177/0921374004047739