The Analysis of Wartime Rape Using Postmodern Feminism in The Conflicts of Sierra Leone 1991, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992, Darfur 2003

Authors

Allyssa Chua, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

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Description

The practice of wartime rape has occurred from the ancient times until the present with the United Nations reporting about 2,542 confirmed cases of conflict-related sexual violence in 2020. Estimates tend to be significantly higher, with UNICEF estimating 250,000 rape cases in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Women and girls are disproportionately and deliberately targeted compared to men and boys in sexual violence. This paper uses a postmodern feminist framework in analyzing wartime rape. It contends that the phallocentrism allows rape to become a language of masculine dominance.

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

Publication Date

Spring 4-28-2023

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Controlled Subject

Rape as a weapon of war

Disciplines

History of Gender | Military History

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pdf

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403 KB

Comments

Faculty Mentor: Nerses Kopalyan

Recommended Citation

Chua, Allyssa, "The Analysis of Wartime Rape Using Postmodern Feminism in The Conflicts of Sierra Leone 1991, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992, Darfur 2003" (2023). Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters. 159.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/durep_posters/159

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