The Voices of War Heroines: Sexual Violence, Testimony, and the Bangladesh Liberation War

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-37905-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 143 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 383 g

Reihe: Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World

Examining the experiences of the wartime rape survivors of Bangladesh from the perspective of social theory of trauma, this book reads the testimonies of war heroines as documented by Neelima Ibrahim (1921-2002) and argues that, even though their trauma was not represented in a manner to invoke collective recognition and proper commemoration, these women defied to be branded as ‘victims.’ They fought back to regain their lost honor and managed to cope with trauma, and in the process, learned to stand up as brave heroes, resisting all odds.

With this book, I am honoring my debt to the women warriors, who wrote and rode a nation’s trauma in/through their bodies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hasanat, Fayeza

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

1 Introduction

War and Sexual Violence

Women, War, and the Liberation War of Bangladesh

Writing and Re-presentations: the Voices of Raped Women

Life and Works of Neelima Ibrahim

2 Translator’s Note

3 The Voices of War Heroines

Testimony 1: Tara Nielsen

Testimony 2: Meher Jan

Testimony 3: Rina

Testimony 4: Shefali

Testimony 5: Moyna

Testimony 6: Fatema

Testimony 7: Mina

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fayeza Hasanat, Ph.D. (2005) teaches at the English Department of the University of Central Florida. She has published monographs, translations, and creative fiction, including Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal (translation and commentary; Brill, 2009) and The Bird Catcher and Other Stories (Jaded Ibis Press, 2018).