Women, Violence and War: Wartime Victimization of Refugees in the Balkans

Published by Central European University Press 2000

Women, Violence and War

Wartime Victimization of Refugees in the Balkans

Edited by: Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633865491

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Nikolić-Ristanović Vesna :

Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović is senior researcher at the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, and lecturer at the Center for Women’s Studies, Belgrade.

Reviews

"This book fills an important gap in our understanding of the way war affects women. The personal narratives are instructive and candid, and the analytical chapters point us in new directions. ...provides a truly unique perspective on the Yugoslavian conflict, and indeed, on conflict in general as it impacts the lives of women."

"...books such as Women, Violence and War are so important, because we need to be confronted. This collection is indeed confronting. Original, primary research and analyses translated into English, offers new insights on a timeless theme... more than a narrative tracing another dreadful chapter of history; the book offers valuable analysis of the crimes committed against women in former Yugoslavia and how this analysis fits into the established framework of argument concerning rape and violence against women in war."

Marina Blagojević:

" This book will be interesting and provoking to researchers and theorists from many different fields, including gender studies, sociology, criminology, law, history, and philosophy. Aside from its documentary and analytical value, this book also has literary value. But first of all, for all of us who, one way or another, feel ourselves to be victims of the war in the former Yugoslavia, this book represents not a voice against war, but a scream.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Marina Blagojevic Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Introduction to the Serbian edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction to the English edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
CHAPTER 1 A brief history of the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina (from its origins to the 1995 Dayton peace accords) Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
CHAPTER 2 Definitions of violence in war and the experience of women: the subject of research Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
CHAPTER 3 The method and the sample—a contribution to the feminist critique of methodology Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic and Ivana Stevanovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
CHAPTER 4 Sexual violence Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
CHAPTER 5 The Hague Tribunal and rape in the former Yugoslavia Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
CHAPTER 6 Physical abuse and homicide Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
CHAPTER 7 Psychological violence and fear in war, and their consequences for the psychological health of women Slobodanka Konstantinovic-Vilic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
CHAPTER 8 Separation and dissolution of the family Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
CHAPTER 9 Life in refuge—changes in socioeconomic and familial status Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic and Ivana Stevanovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
CHAPTER 10 Social acceptance and the difficulty of adapting to a new environment Natasa Mrvic-Petrovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
CHAPTER 11 Strategies of support and help Slobodanka Konstantinovie-Vilic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Appendix 1. Who are the women who have spoken? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Appendix 2. A sample of their stories and letters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 261
Illustrations
- Other: Appendicies
Keywords: Personal narratives; Bosnia

eBook

Published: March 10, 2000
ISBN: 9789633865491