Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia

by Bina D'Costa and Bina Da (Tm)Costa

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415704847
• ISBN13: 9780415704847
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"