London:
Routledge
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2011
,
246 S.
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Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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Verfasst von: | D'Costa, Bina |
Schriftenreihe: |
Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 29
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Jahr: | 2011 |
Maße: | 24 cm |
ISBN: | 0415565669 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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This book gives a detailed political analysis of nationbuilding processes and how these are closely linked to statebuilding and to issues of war crime, gender and sexuality, and marginalization of minority groups. With a focus on the Indian subcontinent, the author demonstrates how the state itself is involved in the construction of a gendered identity, and how control of women and their sexuality is central to the nationbuilding project. She applies a critical feminist approach to two major conflicts in the Indian subcontinent – the Partition of India in 1947 and the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 – and offers suggestions for addressing historical injustices and war crimes in the context of modern Bangladesh. Addressing how the social and political elites were able to construct and legitimize a history of the state that ignored these issues, the author suggests a critical re-examination of the national narrative of the creation of Bangladesh which takes into account the rise of Islamic rights and their alleged involvement in war crimes. | |
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