Feminists Under Fire

This wide-ranging anthology compares the social, political, and economic situations of women during the civil wars in Sri Lanka and the former Yugoslavia

Maps

ix

Preface

xi

Wenona Giles

Introduction: Feminist Exchanges and Comparative Perspectives across Conflict Zones

1

(14)

Malathi de Alwis

1 Reflections on Gender and Ethnicity in Sri Lanka

15

(10)

Maja Korac

2 Women Organizing against Ethnic Nationalism and War in the Post-Yugoslav States

25

(12)

Part 1: Ethnic Nationalism and the Militarization of Women

Neluka Silva

Introduction

37

(4)

Lepa Mladjenovic

3 Women in Black Against War (Belgrade)

41

(4)

Žarana Papic

4 "Bosnian, Albanian, and Roma Women Are Our Sisters": Feminist Politics in Serbia

45

(10)

Neloufer de Mel

5 Agent or Victim? The Sri Lankan Woman Militant in the Interregnum

55

(20)

Djurdja Kneževic

6 Gender and Nationalism in the Croatian Media War

75

(12)

Part 2: Gendered Violence in Times of Conflict

Malathi de Alwis

Introduction

87

(4)

Radhika Coomaraswamy

7 A Question of Honour: Women, Ethnicity, and Armed Conflict

91

(12)

Duska Andric-Ružicic

8 War Rape and the Political Manipulation of Survivors

103

(12)

Ananda Galappatti

9 Psychological Suffering, "Trauma," and PTSD: Implications for Women in Sri Lanka's Conflict Zones

115

Selvy Thiruchandran

10 The Other Victims of Terror: Households in Chaos

131

(12)

Part 3: Politics and Cultures of Resistance

Edith Klein

Introduction

143

(4)

Neluka Silva

11 The Politics of Intermarriage in Sri Lanka in an Era of Conflict

147

(10)

Lepa Mladjenovic

12 Feminist Politics in the Anti-war Movement in Belgrade: To Shoot or Not To Shoot?

157

(10)

Kumudini Samuel

13 Activism, Motherhood, and the State in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict

167

(14)

Elissa Helms

14 Gender Essentialisms and Women's Activism in Post-War Bosnia-Herzegovina

181

(18)

Wenona Giles

15 The Women's Movement in Sri Lanka: An Interview with Kumari Jayawardene

199

(12)

Malathi deAlwis, Wenona Giles, and Edith Klein

Afterword: Future Directions - Sri Lanka and the Post-Yugoslav States

211

(6)

Selected Bibliography

217

(6)

Contributors

223

(6)

Index

229

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