Description:
- An important collection of articles that challenge both historically and currently the hegemonic masculinity of wars, conflicts and soldiers involved in wars and conflict.
- Highlights women's experiences and sacrifices in defending their countries and laments their societal traditional culture which fails to recognize such achievements upon their return from the fight.
- The sections on women indirectly involved in war situations, illustrate the prevalence of gender discrimination embedded in such institutions and highlights women's struggles in joining and becoming members of such structures.
Brief description:
Lidia D. Sciama (1932-2024) was a Research Associate of the Oxford Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and a former Director of Oxford's International Gender Studies Centre, where she was a Senior Research Associate. She conducted long-term research in Italy and England with a focus on women's crafts, city life, narrative, memory and relations between anthropology and literature. Among her publications are A Venetian Island. Environment, History and Change in Burano (Berghahn Books 2003) and Humour, Comedy and Laughter (Berghahn Books, 2016).
Review Quotes:
"Interesting and timely. Using different research methods to arrive at the story of women involved in war and conflicts adds value to existing feminist research methods. The academic, and especially feminist, readership will benefit from this volume." - Nahla Abdo, Carleton University
"I enjoyed reading this book and admired its range across time and space. The variety of cases included is its main strength." - Linda McDowell, University of Oxford