Choman Hardi

Gendered Experiences of Genocide (eBook, ePUB)

Anfal Survivors in Kurdistan-Iraq

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Between February and September 1988, the Iraqi government destroyed over 2000 Kurdish villages, killing somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 civilians and displacing many more. The operation was codenamed Anfal which literally means 'the spoils of war'. For the survivors of this campaign, Anfal did not end in September 1988: the aftermath of this catastrophe is as much a part of the Anfal story as the gas attacks, disappearances and life in the camps. This book examines Kurdish women's experience of violence, destruction, the disappearance of loved ones, and incarceration during the Anfal campaign. It explores the survival strategies of these women in the aftermath of genocide. By bringing together and highlighting women's own testimonies, Choman Hardi reconstructs the Anfal narrative in contrast to the current prevailng one which is highly politicised, simplified, and nationalistic. It also addresses women's silences about sexual abuse and rape in a patriarchal society which holds them responsible for having been a victim of sexual violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317129783
• Artikelnr.: 49352163

Autorenporträt

Dr Choman Hardi is Assistant Professor of English Literature in The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS)

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Anfal Campaign
Chapter 2 Women in Detention
Chapter 3 Forcibly Displaced Civilians
Chapter 4 Survivors of the Gas Attacks
Chapter 5 Rebuilding Life after Anfal: Employment, Poverty and Exploitation
Chapter 6 The Psychological Consequences of Mass Violence
Chapter 7 Learning from Women Survivors of Anfal