The Rape Of A Nation

Author : Priyanka Dubey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789386797117

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No Nation for Women by Priyanka Dubey Pdf

No Nation for Women takes a hard, close look at what makes India unsafe for its women — from custodial rapes and honour killings to rapes of minors and trafficking — the author uncovers many unpalatable truths behind what we are familiar with as newspaper headlines only... Numbers convey, in part, why India is referred to as one of the world’s rape capitals — one woman is raped every 15 minutes; and, in 50 years, there has been a staggering rise of 873 per cent in sexual crimes against girls. And beyond the numbers and statistics, there are stories, often unreported — of women in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, who are routinely raped if they spurn the advances of men; of girls from de-notified tribes in central India who have no recourse to justice if sexually violated; of victimized lower-caste girls in small-town Baduan, Uttar Pradesh; of frequent dislocation faced by survivor families in West Bengal; of political wrath turning into rape in Tripura. Priyanka Dubey travels through large swathes of India, over a period of six years, to uncover the accounts of disenfranchised women who are caught in the grip of patriarchy and violence. She asks if, after the globally reported December 2012 gang-rape of ‘Nirbhaya’ in New Delhi, India’s gender narrative has shifted — and, if it hasn’t, what needs to be done to make this a nation worthy of its women.

Author : Jimmy Swaggart
Publisher : Swaggart Ministries
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0935113002

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Rape of a Nation by Jimmy Swaggart Pdf

Author : Mizuho Terasawa
Publisher : Upa
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015057019195

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The Rape of the Nation and the Hymen Fantasy by Mizuho Terasawa Pdf

The Rape of the Nation and the Hymen Fantasy demonstrates how William Faulkner's fictional works, normally considered extremely complex and incomprehensible, can be thoroughly understood and explicated. The volume urges scholars of Faulkner, and literature in general, to liberate themselves from ideological bondage.

Author : Marcus Bleasdale,John Le Carre
Publisher : En Mets En Schilt Uitgevers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9053306714

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The Rape of a Nation by Marcus Bleasdale,John Le Carre Pdf

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Author : Kiran Kaur Grewal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317140719

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Racialised Gang Rape and the Reinforcement of Dominant Order by Kiran Kaur Grewal Pdf

This path-breaking book provides a comparative analysis of public discourses in France and Australia on a series of highly mediatised racialised gang rapes that occurred during the early to mid-2000s. These rapes led to intense public debate in both countries regarding an apparent ‘gang rape phenomenon’ associated with young men of Muslim background. By comparing the responses to similar instances of sexual violence in two very different Western liberal democracies, this book explores the relationship between constructions of national, gender and ethnic identity in modern, developed nations of the West. The impact of immigration and cultural diversity on communities has become an issue of central concern to Western liberal democracies in recent years. With greater movements of people than ever before, and large temporary migrant populations who have not ‘gone home’, the discourse of a ‘crisis of national identity’ is a feature of many democracies in the West. At the same time, in a supposedly ‘post-feminist’ age, the focus of debates around women’s rights in these democracies has increasingly been the extent to which the cultural values of immigrant and ethnic minority populations are compatible with the espoused gender equality of the West. Through an analysis of these rapes, Kiran Kaur Grewal identifies certain commonalities as well as interesting points of divergence within the two nations’ public discourses. In doing so she identifies the limitations of current debates and proposes alternative ways of understanding the tensions at play when trying to respond to acts of extreme sexism and violence committed by members of ethnic minority communities.

Author : Filemon C. Rodriguez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015020855964

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The Marcos Regime by Filemon C. Rodriguez Pdf

Author : Sarah Deer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452945736

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The Beginning and End of Rape by Sarah Deer Pdf

Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award Despite what major media sources say, violence against Native women is not an epidemic. An epidemic is biological and blameless. Violence against Native women is historical and political, bounded by oppression and colonial violence. This book, like all of Sarah Deer’s work, is aimed at engaging the problem head-on—and ending it. The Beginning and End of Rape collects and expands the powerful writings in which Deer, who played a crucial role in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, has advocated for cultural and legal reforms to protect Native women from endemic sexual violence and abuse. Deer provides a clear historical overview of rape and sex trafficking in North America, paying particular attention to the gendered legacy of colonialism in tribal nations—a truth largely overlooked or minimized by Native and non-Native observers. She faces this legacy directly, articulating strategies for Native communities and tribal nations seeking redress. In a damning critique of federal law that has accommodated rape by destroying tribal legal systems, she describes how tribal self-determination efforts of the twenty-first century can be leveraged to eradicate violence against women. Her work bridges the gap between Indian law and feminist thinking by explaining how intersectional approaches are vital to addressing the rape of Native women. Grounded in historical, cultural, and legal realities, both Native and non-Native, these essays point to the possibility of actual and positive change in a world where Native women are systematically undervalued, left unprotected, and hurt. Deer draws on her extensive experiences in advocacy and activism to present specific, practical recommendations and plans of action for making the world safer for all.

Author : Yehwalashet Girma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Ethiopia
ISBN : IND:30000061231514

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The Rape of a Nation by Yehwalashet Girma Pdf

Author : Susan Brownmiller
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781480441958

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Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller Pdf

DIVDIVSusan Brownmiller’s groundbreaking bestseller uncovers the culture of violence against women with a devastating exploration of the history of rape—now with a new preface by the author exposing the undercurrents of rape still present today/divDIV Rape, as author Susan Brownmiller proves in her startling and important book, is not about sex but about power, fear, and subjugation. For thousands of years, it has been viewed as an acceptable “spoil of war,” used as a weapon by invading armies to crush the will of the conquered. The act of rape against women has long been cloaked in lies and false justifications./divDIV It is ignored, tolerated, even encouraged by governments and military leaders, misunderstood by police and security organizations, freely employed by domineering husbands and lovers, downplayed by medical and legal professionals more inclined to “blame the victim,” and, perhaps most shockingly, accepted in supposedly civilized societies worldwide, including the United States./divDIV Against Our Will is a classic work that has been widely credited with changing prevailing attitudes about violence against women by awakening the public to the true and continuing tragedy of rape around the globe and throughout the ages./divDIV Selected by the New York Times Book Review as an Outstanding Book of the Year and included among the New York Public Library’s Books of the Century, Against Our Will remains an essential work of sociological and historical importance./divDIV/div/div

Author : Georgina Waylen,Karen Celis,Johanna Kantola,Laurel Weldon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199751457

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The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics by Georgina Waylen,Karen Celis,Johanna Kantola,Laurel Weldon Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics brings to political science an accessible and comprehensive overview of the key contributions of gender scholars to the study of politics, and it shows how these contributions produce a richer understanding of polities and societies.

Author : Lindsey Collen
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1558613943

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The Rape of Sita by Lindsey Collen Pdf

The US premiere of an internationally acclaimed a novel, called "beautifully written, powerful, and wise." --Booklist

Author : Ahmad H. Sa'di,Lila Abu-Lughod
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231509701

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Nakba by Ahmad H. Sa'di,Lila Abu-Lughod Pdf

For outside observers, current events in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank are seldom related to the collective memory of ordinary Palestinians. But for Palestinians themselves, the iniquities of the present are experienced as a continuous replay of the injustice of the past. By focusing on memories of the Nakba or "catastrophe" of 1948, in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were dispossessed to create the state of Israel, the contributors to this volume illuminate the contemporary Palestinian experience and clarify the moral claims they make for justice and redress. The book's essays consider the ways in which Palestinians have remembered and organized themselves around the Nakba, a central trauma that continues to be refracted through Palestinian personal and collective memory. Analyzing oral histories and written narratives, poetry and cinema, personal testimony and courtroom evidence, the authors show how the continuing experience of violence, displacement, and occupation have transformed the pre-Nakba past and the land of Palestine into symbols of what has been and continues to be lost. Nakba brings to light the different ways in which Palestinians experienced and retain in memory the events of 1948. It is the first book to examine in detail how memories of Palestine's cataclysmic past are shaped by differences of class, gender, generation, and geographical location. In exploring the power of the past, the authors show the urgency of the question of memory for understanding the contested history of the present. Contributors: Lila Abu Lughod, Columbia University; Diana Keown Allan, Harvard University; Haim Bresheeth, University of East London; Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University; Samera Esmeir, University of California, Berkeley; Isabelle Humphries, University of Surrey; Lena Jayyusi, Zayed University; Laleh Khalili, SOAS, University of London; Omar Al-Qattan, filmmaker; Ahmad H. Sa'di, Ben-Gurion University; Rosemary Sayigh, Lebanon-based anthropologist; Susan Slyomovics, University of California, Los Angeles

Author : Nicola Henry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136861826

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War and Rape by Nicola Henry Pdf

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. Rape remains ‘unspeakable’, particularly within law. Moreover, rape has not featured prominently in post-conflict collective memory. And even when rape is ‘remembered’, it is often the subject of political controversy and heated debate. In this book, Henry asks some critical questions about the relationship between mass rape, politics and law. In what ways does law contribute to the collective memory of wartime rape? How do ‘counter-memories’ of victims compete with the denialism of wartime rape? The text specifically analyses the historical silencing of rape throughout international legal history and the potential of law to restore these silenced histories, it also examines the violence of law and the obstacles to individual and collective redemption. Tracing the prosecution of rape crimes within contemporary courts, Henry seeks to argue that politics underscores the way rape is dealt with by the international community in the aftermath of armed conflict. Providing a comprehensive overview of the politics of wartime rape and the politics of prosecuting such crimes within international humanitarian law, this text will be of great interest to scholars of gender and security, war crimes and law and society.

Author : Estelle B. Freedman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674728493

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Redefining Rape by Estelle B. Freedman Pdf

The uproar over "legitimate rape" during the 2012 U.S. elections confirms that rape remains a word in flux, subject to political power and social privilege. Redefining Rape describes the forces that have shaped the meaning of sexual violence in the U.S., through the experiences of accusers, assailants, and advocates for change.

Author : Stephanie R. Larson
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271091709

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What It Feels Like by Stephanie R. Larson Pdf

Winner of the 2022 Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) Book Award Winner of the 2022 Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition What It Feels Like interrogates an underexamined reason for our failure to abolish rape in the United States: the way we communicate about it. Using affective and feminist materialist approaches to rhetorical criticism, Stephanie Larson examines how discourses about rape and sexual assault rely on strategies of containment, denying the felt experiences of victims and ultimately stalling broader claims for justice. Investigating anti-pornography debates from the 1980s, Violence Against Women Act advocacy materials, sexual assault forensic kits, public performances, and the #MeToo movement, Larson reveals how our language privileges male perspectives and, more deeply, how it is shaped by systems of power—patriarchy, white supremacy, ableism, and heteronormativity. Interrogating how these systems work to propagate masculine commitments to “science” and “hard evidence,” Larson finds that US culture holds a general mistrust of testimony by women, stereotyping it as “emotional.” But she also gives us hope for change, arguing that testimonies grounded in the bodily, material expression of violation are necessary for giving voice to victims of sexual violence and presenting, accurately, the scale of these crimes. Larson makes a case for visceral rhetorics, theorizing them as powerful forms of communication and persuasion. Demonstrating the communicative power of bodily feeling, Larson challenges the long-held commitment to detached, distant, rationalized discourses of sexual harassment and rape. Timely and poignant, the book offers a much-needed corrective to our legal and political discourses.