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ISBN: HB: 9789385932816

University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books

January 2021

300 pp.

20.3x12.7 cm

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£28,00
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In Plain Sight

Exploring the Field of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict

Although it is now well-known how pervasive sexual violence is in situations of war and peace, not enough has been done to work towards its prevention. Compiled by the international research group "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict", this volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding wartime sexual violence. Its inquiry employs four key relationships: war and power, violence and sexuality, gender and engendering, and visibility and invisibility. Within these subjects, the authors identify gaps in existing knowledge to develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the field. Through essays, reflections, and conversations, they show how such violence is polymorphic and heterogenous. Women's activism and research, according to them, has done a great deal to draw attention to sexual violence, showing how it is man-made and is structured by cultural, social, and historical conditions. Together, the contributors make a powerful argument for urgency in addressing this major issue across the world by listening to the voices of women on the ground.

About the Author

Kirsten Campbell is currently principal investigator of the European Research Council funded project, the Gender of Justice.

Regina Muhlhنuser is a senior researcher at the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture and an associate researcher at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research in Germany. She is co-coordinator of the international research group Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC).

Gaby Zipfel is co-coordinator SVAC. She is a researcher at the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture, and a member of the Eurozine Advisory Board.