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by Yasmin Saikia


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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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  • Title Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971
  • Author Yasmin Saikia
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Duke University Press, Durham
  • Date 2011-07-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780822350385 / 0822350386
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.95 x 6.61 x 0.8 in (22.73 x 16.79 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010049742
  • Dewey Decimal Code 954.920

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  • Choice, 04/01/2012, Page 0

About the author

Yasmin Saikia is the Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies and Professor of History at Arizona State University. She is the author of Fragmented Memories: Struggling to Be Tai-Ahom in India, also published by Duke University Press.

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