| Sexual Violence and Political Transitions: Tracing Shifting Meanings and Functions of Rape Contributor(s): Du Toit, Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415720672 ISBN-13: 9780415720670 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2025 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 31, 2025 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 364.153 |
| Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society |
| Physical Information: 160 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume explores the meanings, nature and function of rape during political transitions, showing that high levels of sexual violence directed mainly against women and children during war-time normally do not cease or dissipate after the end of formal hostilities, and that post-conflict societies experience higher than normal to extremely high levels of sexual violence against women and children. In the process, the book proposes a theory of sexual violence during political transitions that views this form of sexual violence less as a lingering effect of the armed conflict and more as an attempt to construct the new social order as a masculine-heroic order. |