Feminist Encounters in Statebuilding : : The Role of Women in Making the State in Kosovo / / edited by Vjosa Musliu and Itziar Mujika Chao.

• Superior document: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding Series
• TeilnehmendeR: Musliu, Vjosa,; Mujika Chao, Itziar, 1985-
• Place / Publishing House: Abingdon, England : : Routledge,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge studies in intervention and statebuilding.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (177 pages)

This volume provides one of the first comprehensive feminist readings of international statebuilding, with a specific focus on the case of Kosovo.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Feminist Encounters of Statebuilding in Kosovo -- Building Peace, Building States, Reproducing Patriarchy -- Feminist Encounters With the State -- Feminist Encounters With Statebuilding -- Kosovo: Contested Statebuilding -- Outlining the Volume -- References -- Section I Kosovo: The Unwomanly Face of the War -- 2 Subversive Stories of Women Activists as Counter-Memory: "I Was Considered a Stubborn" -- Introduction -- A Note On Method, Oral History and Memory-Work -- Stories of Everyday Resistance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 How Women KLA Combatants Complicated Notions of Patriarchy and Masculinity -- Introduction -- The Importance of Decolonial Feminism in the Albanian Context -- Gender Dynamics in Kosovo in the 1990s -- The Role of Women Combatants of the KLA -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Women's Individual and Collective Labour of Care During the Kosovo War: The Overlooked Heroines -- Introduction -- The Impact of War On Women -- Care Work -- Ethics of Wartime Care Work -- Kosovar Women's Lived Experiences in Wartime -- Care Work Through Networks, Food and Shelter -- Conclusion -- References -- Section II Places and Spaces of Women in War and Peace -- 5 On the Lack of Women's Representation in the Museum of Kosovo: The Paradox of the "Goddess On the Throne" -- Introduction -- A Historical Overview of the National Museum of Kosovo -- Masculinity and the National Museum of Kosovo: Excluding Women From the National Story -- The Conundrum of the Goddess On the Throne -- Conclusion: An Opportunity for Inclusion? -- Note -- References -- 6 Gender Violence, Recognition and State Responsibilities -- Introduction -- On Rape and War.

The Impact of Group Processes On War Rape Consequences in Post-War Periods -- Study 1: Recognition of War Rape as an Instrument to Validate Victims' Truth and Innocence -- Study 2: The Law Amendment: From Rejection and Threats to Recognition -- Study 3: War Rape Recognition Discourses in the Parliament of Kosova -- The Law Is a Man: Rejection/support of the Law Through Gender Norms -- Distinctive Repertoires -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Section III (Re)making Kosovo. (Re)making Gender -- 7 The Making of Gender and the State in the Newly Independent Kosovo: Reconfiguring Womanhood -- Introduction -- The Gendering of National Identities Before Independence -- "The New Kosovar Woman" -- Anticipating the Disconnect: The Case of Jeta -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Contesting And/or Legitimising Kosovo's Independence: The Case of Women MPs in the National Parliament of Kosovo -- Introduction -- On Feminism, Nationalism and Discourse -- Discourses of Challenging Kosovo's Statehood -- Discourses of Legitimation of Kosovo's Statehood -- Between Contestation and Legitimation of Kosovo's Statehood: A Representational Grey Area? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 Conclusion: Other(ed) Ways to Understand Statebuilding -- Where Are the Women? -- Open Spaces for More Diverse Voices -- Notes -- References -- Index.