Women, Violence and War : : Wartime Victimization of Refugees in the Balkans / / ed. by Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Blagojevic, Marina,; Konstantinovic-Vilic, Slobodanka,; Konstantinovie-Vilic, Slobodanka,; Mrvic-Petrovic, Natasa,; Nikolic-Ristanovic, Vesna,; Stevanovic, Ivana,
• HerausgeberIn: Nikolić-Ristanović, Vesna,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 p.) :; Appendicies

Based on interviews with seventy women refugees, Women, Violence and War is a book about war as it is seen, lived and interpreted by women who were citizens of the former Yugoslavia. Many of the accounts portray the horrific experiences the victims had to face and the book addresses issues of sexual, physical and psychological violence, as well as problems of confinement, upheaval and family separation. In a completely new insight the book dispels the myth that many of the women were peasants, and shows that in fact they were educated, middle-class women with independent careers. The study also depicts how some of the victims attempt to come to terms with the aftermath of wartime abuse. This probing, accurate and unique investigation of victimization is an unparalleled volume that presents a completely new perspective maintaining that violence against women in war is not independent of peace-time victimization and the imbalance of power between sexes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Serbian edition -- Introduction to the English edition -- CHAPTER 1 A brief history of the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina (from its origins to the 1995 Dayton peace accords) -- CHAPTER 2 Definitions of violence in war and the experience of women: the subject of research -- CHAPTER 3 The method and the sample—a contribution to the feminist critique of methodology -- CHAPTER 4 Sexual violence -- CHAPTER 5 The Hague Tribunal and rape in the former Yugoslavia -- CHAPTER 6 Physical abuse and homicide -- CHAPTER 7 Psychological violence and fear in war, and their consequences for the psychological health of women -- CHAPTER 8 Separation and dissolution of the family -- CHAPTER 9 Life in refuge—changes in socioeconomic and familial status -- CHAPTER 10 Social acceptance and the difficulty of adapting to a new environment -- CHAPTER 11 Strategies of support and help -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Who are the women who have spoken? -- Appendix 2. A sample of their stories and letters -- Bibliography -- List of contributors -- Index