Feminist encounters in statebuilding : the role of women in making the state in Kosovo /
"This volume provides one of the first comprehensive feminist readings of international statebuilding, with a specific focus on the case of Kosovo. Rather than simply showing how the state in Kosovo is being built by and through women and feminist encounters, this volume is interested to proble...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2024.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in intervention and statebuilding.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Endorsement
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Feminist Encounters of Statebuilding in Kosovo
- Building Peace, Building States, Reproducing Patriarchy
- Feminist Encounters With the State
- Feminist Encounters With Statebuilding
- Kosovo: Contested Statebuilding
- Outlining the Volume
- References
- Section I Kosovo: The Unwomanly Face of the War
- 2 Subversive Stories of Women Activists as Counter-Memory: "I Was Considered a Stubborn"
- Introduction
- A Note On Method, Oral History and Memory-Work
- Stories of Everyday Resistance
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 3 How Women KLA Combatants Complicated Notions of Patriarchy and Masculinity
- Introduction
- The Importance of Decolonial Feminism in the Albanian Context
- Gender Dynamics in Kosovo in the 1990s
- The Role of Women Combatants of the KLA
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 4 Women's Individual and Collective Labour of Care During the Kosovo War: The Overlooked Heroines
- Introduction
- The Impact of War On Women
- Care Work
- Ethics of Wartime Care Work
- Kosovar Women's Lived Experiences in Wartime
- Care Work Through Networks, Food and Shelter
- Conclusion
- References
- Section II Places and Spaces of Women in War and Peace
- 5 On the Lack of Women's Representation in the Museum of Kosovo: The Paradox of the "Goddess On the Throne"
- Introduction
- A Historical Overview of the National Museum of Kosovo
- Masculinity and the National Museum of Kosovo: Excluding Women From the National Story
- The Conundrum of the Goddess On the Throne
- Conclusion: An Opportunity for Inclusion?
- Note
- References
- 6 Gender Violence, Recognition and State Responsibilities
- Introduction
- On Rape and War.
- The Impact of Group Processes On War Rape Consequences in Post-War Periods
- Study 1: Recognition of War Rape as an Instrument to Validate Victims' Truth and Innocence
- Study 2: The Law Amendment: From Rejection and Threats to Recognition
- Study 3: War Rape Recognition Discourses in the Parliament of Kosova
- The Law Is a Man: Rejection/support of the Law Through Gender Norms
- Distinctive Repertoires
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Section III (Re)making Kosovo. (Re)making Gender
- 7 The Making of Gender and the State in the Newly Independent Kosovo: Reconfiguring Womanhood
- Introduction
- The Gendering of National Identities Before Independence
- "The New Kosovar Woman"
- Anticipating the Disconnect: The Case of Jeta
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 8 Contesting And/or Legitimising Kosovo's Independence: The Case of Women MPs in the National Parliament of Kosovo
- Introduction
- On Feminism, Nationalism and Discourse
- Discourses of Challenging Kosovo's Statehood
- Discourses of Legitimation of Kosovo's Statehood
- Between Contestation and Legitimation of Kosovo's Statehood: A Representational Grey Area?
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 9 Conclusion: Other(ed) Ways to Understand Statebuilding
- Where Are the Women?
- Open Spaces for More Diverse Voices
- Notes
- References
- Index.
