New Delhi:
Zubaan
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2016
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305 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Kītā, Va. |
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Zubaan series on sexual violence and impunity in South Asia
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| Jahr: | 2016 |
| Maße: | 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9384757772 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| In this wide-ranging study, activist and historian V. Geetha unpacks the meanings of impunity in relation to sexual violence in the context of South Asia. The State’s misuse of its own laws against its citizens is one aspect of the edifice of impunity; its less-understood resilience comes from its consistent denial of the recognition of suffering on the part of victims, and its refusal to allow them the dignity of pain, grief and loss. It has done this by refusing to take responsibility, not only for its acts but also for the pain such acts have caused. The author argues that the State and its citizens must work together to accord social recognition to the suffering of victims and survivors of sexual violence, and thereby join in what she calls ‘a shared humanity’. While this may or may not produce legal victories, the acknowledgment that the suffering of our fellow citizens is our collective responsibility is an essential first step towards securing justice. It is this, that in a fundamental sense, challenges and illuminates the contours and details of State impunity and positions impunity as not merely a legal or political conundrum, but as resolute refusal on the part of State personnel to be part of a shared humanity. | |
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