Rape Warfare: The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia - Rilegato

Allen, Beverly

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ISBN 10: 0816628181 ISBN 13: 9780816628186

Casa editrice: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 1996

Riassunto

In 1992, Beverly Allen learned of the existence of rape/death camps in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia from a former student, a women of Croatian heritage. In these camps, women have been detained and raped repeatedly by Serbian soldiers, whose goal often is to impregnate their victims or to torture them before they are killed. In this highly personal account, Beverly Allen provides a compelling testimony and analysis of the horrifying phenomenon of "a military policy of rape for the purpose of genocide."
In Rape Warfare, Allen examines the complexity of identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia through the accounts of rape/death camp survivors and those who work to help them. She then presents and analyzes the information she has gathered about genocidal rape, all the while asking, "How can I, an empathizing outsider, communicate what is happening without reinforcing the damage that has already been done?" In a nuanced discussion of the ethics of representing such atrocities, she decides to "forgo storytelling except when the stories I tell are my own." Allen concludes with an impassioned argument for bringing to trial the perpetrators of genocidal rape. By turns personal, polemical, and informative, Rape Warfare is a lucid guide for anyone seeking to make sense of what is happening in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.

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L'autore:

Beverly Allen teaches Italian, French, women's studies, and comparative literature at Syracuse University, where she is also the director of the humanities doctoral program.

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• Editore: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0816628181
• ISBN 13: 9780816628186
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 180