{"product_id":"9781856494465","title":"Gender and Catastrophe","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGender and Catastrophe\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRonit Lentin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Women's Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the gendered and gendering effects of violence against women in extreme situations such as major wars, genocides, famines, slavery, the Holocaust, mass rape and ethnic cleansing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCase studies include: the female experience of methodical genocidal rape in the former Yugoslavia; women's coerced participation in the Rwandan massacre; Japan's comfort women system during World War II; the gendering of genocidal strategies during the Holocaust; nuclear testing in the Pacific; and China's reproduction policy in Tibet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll are integrated into a wider framework, which uncovers the true consequences of identifying women as simultaneously sexual objects, transmitters of culture, and symbols of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonit Lentin is a senior lecturer in sociology and coordinator of the Global Networks project at the Institute of International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin. Her books include \u003ci\u003eConversations with Palestinian Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eRace and State\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alana Lentin, 2006), and \u003ci\u003ePerforming Global Networks\u003c\/i\u003e (with Karen Fricker, 2007).\u003cbr\u003eRonit Lentin is a senior lecturer in sociology and coordinator of the Global Networks project at the Institute of International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin. Her books include \u003ci\u003eConversations with Palestinian Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eRace and State\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alana Lentin, 2006), and \u003ci\u003ePerforming Global Networks\u003c\/i\u003e (with Karen Fricker, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 December 1997\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZed Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781856494465\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369118367884,"sku":"9781856494465","price":49.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2d906080-615f-457c-bde4-31ceb836ab20.jpg?v=1783877993","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781856494465","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}