Saikia Yasmin Saikia

Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh (eBook, PDF)

Remembering 1971

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Produktbeschreibung

Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war. Pakistani and Indian soldiers and Bengali militiamen raped and tortured women on a mass scale. In Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh, survivors tell their stories, revealing the power of speaking that deemed unspeakable. They talk of victimization-of rape, loss of status and citizenship, and the "e;war babies"e; born after 1971. The women also speak as agents of change, as social workers, caregivers, and wartime fighters. In the conclusion, men who terrorized women during the war recollect their wartime brutality and their postwar efforts to achieve a sense of humanity. Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh sheds new light on the relationship among nation, history, and gender in postcolonial South Asia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822394280
• Artikelnr.: 54929742

Autorenporträt

Yasmin Saikia

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
Glossary of Terms xix
Part I. Introducing 1971
1. The Told and Untold Stories of 1971 3
2. Creating the History of 1971 34
Part II. Survivors Speak
3. Victims' Memories 109
4. Women's Services 158
5. Women's War 186
Part III. A New Beginning
Postscript: Lessons of Violence 215
Notes 279
References 243
Index 299