Gendered Violence Jewish Women in the Pogroms of 1917 to 1921

This is a groundbreaking study of an important and neglected topic. Between 1917 and 1921, rape was used as a strategic weapon in the genocidal anti-Jewish violence-the pogroms-that erupted in Ukraine. During this period, at least 100,000 Jews died and unknown numbers of Jewish women were raped. The...

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Autor principal: Astashkevich, Irina, author (author)
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched funder (funder)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press 2018
[2018]
Colección:Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Chaos in Ukraine: Defining the Context of Anti-Jewish Violence
  • CHAPTER 2 Carnival of Violence: Development of the Pogrom Script
  • CHAPTER 3 The Perfect Weapon: Mass Rape as Public Spectacle
  • CHAPTER 4 Inventing Vengeance: Who and Why Punished the Jews
  • CHAPTER 5 Describing the Indescribable: Narratives of Gendered Violence
  • CHAPTER 6 "Wretched Victims of Another Kind": Making Sense of Rape Trauma
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Index