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.