Front Cover; The Political Psychology of War Rape; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Designing a study of the aftermath of the war rapes in Bosnia; 3. Victim and survivor: narrated social identities of women who experienced rape during the war; 4. What do we know about war rapes before the 1990s?; 5. The turning points in the 1990s which created a new understanding of war rape
6. The first generation of systematic documentation of sexual violence in war 1990-1998: naming the unnameable and understanding the incomprehensible7. Therapeutic work with victims of sexual violence in war and post-war; 8. Traditions and transitions: perceptions of 'good womanhood' among 20 Bosnian focus group participants; 9. Beyond Bosnia: international efforts to move from accounting to accountability; 10. The political psychology of war rape; Notes; References; Index
Summary
This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding war rape and its impact, through empirical examination of the case of Bosnia. Providing a contextual understanding of sexual violence in war, and situating Bosnian war rape in relation to subsequent conflicts, the book offers a methodological outline of how sexual violence in war can be studied from a political-psychological perspective. It presents empirical findings from the field that show what war rape can entail in the aftermath of armed conflict for victims and their communities. Through its comprehensive approach to Bosnian exp
