Description: Further DetailsTitle: Women, War, and the Making of BangladeshCondition: NewSubtitle: Remembering 1971ISBN-10: 0822350386EAN: 9780822350385ISBN: 9780822350385Publisher: Duke University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/10/2011Description: Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war. Pakistani and Indian soldiers and Bengali militiamen raped and tortured women on a mass scale. In Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh, survivors tell their stories, revealing the power of speaking that deemed unspeakable. They talk of victimization—of rape, loss of status and citizenship, and the “war babies” born after 1971. The women also speak as agents of change, as social workers, caregivers, and wartime fighters. In the conclusion, men who terrorized women during the war recollect their wartime brutality and their postwar efforts to achieve a sense of humanity. Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh sheds new light on the relationship among nation, history, and gender in postcolonial South Asia.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 445gAuthor: Yasmin SaikiaGenre: HistoryTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social Sciences, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh
Title: Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh
Subtitle: Remembering 1971
ISBN-10: 0822350386
EAN: 9780822350385
ISBN: 9780822350385
Release Date: 08/10/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh : Remembering 1971
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Women in Politics, Asia / India & South Asia, Women's Studies, Violence in Society
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Yasmin Saikia
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
