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The Voices of War Heroines: Sexual Violence, Testimony, and the Bangladesh Liberation War
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Examining the experiences of the wartime rape survivors of Bangladesh from the perspective of social theory of trauma, this book reads the testimonies of war heroines as documented by Neelima Ibrahim (1921-2002) and argues that, even though their trauma was not represented in a manner to invoke collective recognition and proper commemoration, these women defied to be branded as ‘victims.’ They fought back to regain their lost honor and managed to cope with trauma, and in the process, learned to stand up as brave heroes, resisting all odds.
With this book, I am honoring my debt to the women warriors, who wrote and rode a nation’s trauma in/through their bodies.
With this book, I am honoring my debt to the women warriors, who wrote and rode a nation’s trauma in/through their bodies.
Fayeza Hasanat, Ph.D. (2005) teaches at the English Department of the University of Central Florida. She has published monographs, translations, and creative fiction, including Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal (translation and commentary; Brill, 2009) and The Bird Catcher and Other Stories (Jaded Ibis Press, 2018).
Contents
1 Introduction
War and Sexual Violence
Women, War, and the Liberation War of Bangladesh
Writing and Re-presentations: the Voices of Raped Women
Life and Works of Neelima Ibrahim
2 Translator’s Note
3 The Voices of War Heroines
Testimony 1: Tara Nielsen
Testimony 2: Meher Jan
Testimony 3: Rina
Testimony 4: Shefali
Testimony 5: Moyna
Testimony 6: Fatema
Testimony 7: Mina
Bibliography
Index
1 Introduction
War and Sexual Violence
Women, War, and the Liberation War of Bangladesh
Writing and Re-presentations: the Voices of Raped Women
Life and Works of Neelima Ibrahim
2 Translator’s Note
3 The Voices of War Heroines
Testimony 1: Tara Nielsen
Testimony 2: Meher Jan
Testimony 3: Rina
Testimony 4: Shefali
Testimony 5: Moyna
Testimony 6: Fatema
Testimony 7: Mina
Bibliography
Index
Graduate and post-graduate students on war and gender, especially on wartime sexual violence, in context of South Asia and/or Muslim regions.