Public Memories of Gendered/Sexual Violence during wars/conflict situations, Media, Film & Cultural Studies (formerly ICR)

Summary: This project examines the public memories of sexual violence of the Bangladesh War of 1971 and theoretically explore the various constructions of the nation. Funded by the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research the book emerging from this research (titled Specters and Utopias: Sexual Violence and Public Memories and the Bangladesh War of 1971) is forthcoming with Duke University Press.

Key Facts

Funder: Other

Type of Activity: Academic Research - Externally Funded

Researcher: Nayanika Mookherjee (Sociology)

Dept/Research Groups: Human Rights Forum, Feminist Media Studies Research Group, Dynamics of Memories, Sociology, Media, Film & Cultural Studies (formerly ICR)

Keywords: Citizenship, Class and gender relations, Conflict, Embodiment, Ethnography, Feminist theory, Hauntings, Human rights, Memory, Militarism, Nation, Postcolonial theory, Research ethics, Sociology, South Asia, Utopia, War, Political Anthropology, Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Violence

Project Description

Specters and Utopias: Sexual Violence, Public Memories and the Bangladesh War of 1971.' Durham: Duke University Press.

'Remembering to Forget': Public Secrecy and Memory of Sexual Violence in Bangladesh' in Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI). 12 (2), June 2006: 433-450.

2006. 'Muktir Gaan (Songs of Freedom), the Raped Woman and the Migrant Identities of the Bangladesh War', in N. C. Behera ed. Gender, Conflict and Migration. (as part of the Gender and Migration in Asia, Volume 3, Series editor: M. Thapan). Sage: New Delhi: 72-96.

2004. 'My man (honour) is lost but I still have my iman (principle)': Sexual Violence and Articulations of Masculinity in R. Chopra, C. Osella and F. Osella eds. South Asian Masculinities. New Delhi: Kali for Women: 131-159.

2003. 'Gendered Embodiments: Mapping the body-politic of the raped woman and the nation in Bangladesh' in Nirmal Puwar & Parvati Raghuram (eds.) (2003), Critical Reflections on Gender and the South Asian Diaspora. Oxford: Berg: 157-177

Research Significance

Other - This project has academic and policy significance in addressing academic and policy debates relating to sexual violence during wars, reconciliation processes and research ethics in relation to sensitive and traumatic issues.


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Home Archive Research News Events	Public Memories of Gendered/Sexual Violence during wars/conflict situations «Back Summary: This project examines the public memories of sexual violence of the Bangladesh War of 1971 and theoretically explore the various constructions of the nation. Funded by the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research the book emerging from this research (titled Specters and Utopias: Sexual Violence and Public Memories and the Bangladesh War of 1971) is forthcoming with Duke University Press. Key Facts Funder: Other Type of Activity: Academic Research - Externally Funded Researcher: Nayanika Mookherjee (Sociology) Dept/Research Groups: Human Rights Forum, Feminist Media Studies Research Group, Dynamics of Memories, Sociology, Media, Film & Cultural Studies (formerly ICR) Keywords: Citizenship, Class and gender relations, Conflict, Embodiment, Ethnography, Feminist theory, Hauntings, Human rights, Memory, Militarism, Nation, Postcolonial theory, Research ethics, Sociology, South Asia, Utopia, War, Political Anthropology, Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Violence Project Description Publications include: Forthcoming BOOKS Specters and Utopias: Sexual Violence, Public Memories and the Bangladesh War of 1971.' Durham: Duke University Press. Published REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 'Remembering to Forget': Public Secrecy and Memory of Sexual Violence in Bangladesh' in Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI). 12 (2), June 2006: 433-450. 2006. 'Bangladesh war of 1971: A Prescription for Reconciliation?' Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 41 No 36: 3901-3903. http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2006&leaf=09&filename=10535&filetype=pdfAlso reprinted in Forum, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2006. http://www.thedailystar.net/forum/2006/december/skewing.htm CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS/ENTRIES/DISCUSSIONS 2006. 'Muktir Gaan (Songs of Freedom), the Raped Woman and the Migrant Identities of the Bangladesh War', in N. C. Behera ed. Gender, Conflict and Migration. (as part of the Gender and Migration in Asia, Volume 3, Series editor: M. Thapan). Sage: New Delhi: 72-96. 2004. 'My man (honour) is lost but I still have my iman (principle)': Sexual Violence and Articulations of Masculinity in R. Chopra, C. Osella and F. Osella eds. South Asian Masculinities. New Delhi: Kali for Women: 131-159. 2003. 'Gendered Embodiments: Mapping the body-politic of the raped woman and the nation in Bangladesh' in Nirmal Puwar & Parvati Raghuram (eds.) (2003), Critical Reflections on Gender and the South Asian Diaspora. Oxford: Berg: 157-177 road to dhaka, photograph by nayanika mookherjee, april 2005 Research Significance Other - This project has academic and policy significance in addressing academic and policy debates relating to sexual violence during wars, reconciliation processes and research ethics in relation to sensitive and traumatic issues. Purpose of Research Academic Research - Externally Funded Project Funder Other Funded by Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

Public Memories of Gendered/Sexual Violence during wars/conflict situations

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