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Zusatztext 'Nicola Henry has written an erudite and powerfully argued book about the role of law in constructing collective memories of sexual violation in wartime.' -Joanna Bourke! Gender & Development! Vol. 19! 2! July 2011'The book is well written and is great use to anyone interested in gender studies! war studies and legal studies or collective memory issues.' Rasa Balockaite! Vytautas Magnus University! Lithuania Informationen zum Autor Nicola Henry is a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Her central research interest is the relationship between politics and law and how this can be understood in relation to violence against women, trauma, collective memory and human rights. Klappentext 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? 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. Zusammenfassung 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. This book asks some critical questions about the relationship between mass rape, politics and law. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: How the Past is Made to Matter 2. Traces of Truth: Collective Memory and the Law 3. A History of Silence: The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials 4. Casualties of Law: Wartime Rape and War Crimes Courts 5. Trials and Trauma: The Impossibility of Bearing Witness 6. Wartime Rape and the Legacy of Law
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1. Introduction: How the Past is Made to Matter 2. Traces of Truth: Collective Memory and the Law 3. A History of Silence: The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials 4. Casualties of Law: Wartime Rape and War Crimes Courts 5. Trials and Trauma: The Impossibility of Bearing Witness 6. Wartime Rape and the Legacy of Law
