Gendered violence : Jewish women in the pogroms of 1917 to 1921

Gendered violence : Jewish women in the pogroms of 1917 to 1921 /

This is a groundbreaking study of an important and neglected topic--the systematic use of rape as a strategic weapon of the genocidal anti-Jewish violence, known collectively as pogroms, that erupted in Ukraine in the period between 1917 and 1921, and in which at least 100,000 Jews died and undocume...

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Author / Contributor: Astashkevich, Irina (Author)
Imprint: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2018.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Pogroms > Ukraine.
Jewish women > Violence against > Ukraine.
Rape > Ukraine.
Antisemitism > Ukraine.
Series:Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy.
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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