Female Combatants After Armed Struggle: Lost In Transition?
Title | Female Combatants After Armed Struggle: Lost In Transition? |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Gilmartin, Niall |
Publisher | Routledge |
City | Loundon |
Abstract | Drawing on the feminist theory of a continuum of violence, this book finds that the dichotomous separation of war and peace within conventional approaches represents a gendered fiction. Despite undertaking wartime roles that were empowering, agentic, and subversive, this book finds that the ‘post-conflict moment’ as experienced by female combatants represents not peace and security, but a continuity of gender discrimination, violence, injustice, and insecurity. The experiences and perspectives contained in this book challenge the discursive deployment of terms such as post-conflict, peace, and security, and moreover, shed light on the many forms of post-war activism undertaken by combatant women in pursuit of peace, equality, and security. [WorldCat] |