This book explores the contours of women's involvement in the Irish Republican Army, political protest and the prison experience in Northern Ireland. Through the voices of female and male combatants, it demonstrates that women remained marginal in the examination of imprisonment during the Conflict and in the negotiated peace process. However, the book shows that women performed a number of roles in war and peace that placed constructions of femininity in dissent. Azrini Wahidin argues that the role of the female combatant is not given but ambiguous. She indicates that a tension exists between different conceptualisations of societal security, where female combatants both fought against societal insecurity posed by the state and contributed to internal societal dissonance within their ethno-national groups. This book tackles the lacunae that has created a disturbing silence and an absence of a comprehensive understanding of women combatants, which includes knowledge of their motivations, roles and experiences. It will be of particular interest to scholars of criminology, politics and peace studies.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781137363299
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221906208
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Criminal Law
Author
Azrini Wahidin
Publication Name
Ex-Combatants, Gender and Peace in Northern Ireland: Women, Political Protest and the Prison Experience
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Government, Zoology, Criminology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
253 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
148mm
Item Weight
4552g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Azrini Wahidin
Series Title
Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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