Women, war, and the making of Bangladesh : remembering 1971
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954.92051 CHA/S September '65 : before and after | 954.92051 JAC/S Surrender at Dacca :birth of a nation | 954.92051 MEH/B The Burning chaffees | 954.920511082 SAI/W Women, war, and the making of Bangladesh : remembering 1971 | 954.923035 MAN/C Chittagong :summer of 1930 | 954.929 ANG/E An endangered history : indigeneity, religion, and politics on the borders of India, Burma, and Bangladesh / Angma Dey Jhala | 954.930 320 92 MUR/P Prabhakaran saga:the rise and fall of an eelam warrior |
Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war. Pakistani and Indian soldiers and Bengali militiamen raped and tortured women on a mass scale. In Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh, survivors tell their stories, revealing the power of speaking that deemed unspeakable. They talk of victimization—of rape, loss of status and citizenship, and the “war babies” born after 1971. The women also speak as agents of change, as social workers, caregivers, and wartime fighters. In the conclusion, men who terrorized women during the war recollect their wartime brutality and their postwar efforts to achieve a sense of humanity. Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh sheds new light on the relationship among nation, history, and gender in postcolonial South Asia.
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