Bina D'Costa

Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an analysis of nationbuilding processes, and how these are closely linked to statebuilding and to issues of war crimes, gender and sexuality, and marginalization of minority groups. Using a historical approach, the author focuses on the Indian subcontinent to address the issue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780415565660
• ISBN-10: 0415565669
• Artikelnr.: 29924809

Autorenporträt

Bina D'Costa is a research fellow at the Center for International Governance and Justice, Regulatory Institutions Network and the Convener of the Security Analysis program at the Australian National University. She is the co-editor of Gender and Global Politics in the Asia-Pacific (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Politics of Nationalism and Nationbuilding 2.
1947: From Partition to Creation 3. 1971: Politics of Silence, or Refusal
to Remember? 4. Gendered Nationbuilding 5. Frozen in Time? War Crimes,
Justice and Political Forgiveness 6. Partnership with Transnational
Networks for Gender-Sensitive Justice Mechanism. Conclusion