Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures

by Carol Cohn (editor)

Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though, those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at every turn in the (gendered) phenomena of war. Women have participated in the making, fighting, and concluding of wars throughout history, and their participation is only increasing at the turn of the 21st century. Women experience war in multiple as soldiers, as fighters, as civilians, as caregivers, as sex workers, as sexual slaves, refugees and internally displaced persons, as anti-war activists, as community peace-builders, and more. This book at once provides a glimpse into where women are in war, and gives readers the tools to understood women’s (told and untold) war experiences in the greater context of the gendered nature of global social and political life.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction, History, War, Sociology, Gender, School

256 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 2012

Reviews

[Hasnah · Rating 5 out of 5]

قراءته للمرة الثانية والسؤال لماذا الأضواء ليست على هذا الكتاب؟

[Xandria · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want a comprehensive look at women and war (their roles as soldiers, civilians, etc) then look no further. With examples spanning around the globe, Women and Wars is a great introduction to what women face in wartime. Each chapter was both broad and specific. I felt that it would be very hard to condense this book further than it was; beautifully edited. Each chapter could really be a book, but the editing was so good that each "essay" fit in with the following. This is a great introduction to women and war and I look forward to furthering my research.

[Megan Mweemba · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars For a textbook, this was actually quite an easy read at times. The material was very interesting and informative.

[Ahad said · Rating 2 out of 5]

انتهى، اتعبني الكتاب بشدة، انه مثقل بالكثير من اوجه النظر، بالكثير من الخطاب الغليظ، الغضب و الشدة. أهمية و مكانة المرأة في الحرب، و اوجه الكاتبات اللواتي يصفن الحرب بالجندرية. وجود المرأة في الحرب مهم، و هنا تود الكاتبة فرض الوجود هذا، انها فكرة لم اتقبلها بصراحة.