Wartime Sexual Violence against Men: Masculinities and Power in Conflict Zones

Élise Féron

doi:10.5771/9781786609311

Summary

Cases of sexual violence against men have been documented in a great number of conflicts and wars, both ancient and contemporary. Despite this growing empirical evidence, there is still a dearth of analyses on this type of violence, which stands in stark contrast with the abundant literature dealing with sexual violence against women.

Based on a fieldwork conducted primarily in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, this book proposes to look at wartime sexual violence against men as a performative gendered act that, stemming from the same logic underpinning sexual violence against women, (re-)affirms a gendered social hierarchy.

The book explores patterns of wartime sexual violence against men, and presents survivors’, but also perpetrators’ stories. The book proceeds to analysing the context in which this type of violence can be understood, narrated, but also addressed, either through support programs for survivors, or through legal means.

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Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-1-78660-929-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-78660-931-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 210
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 1 Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Men No access Pages 17 - 34
Chapter 2 Making Sense of Wartime Sexual Violence Against Men No access Pages 35 - 60
Chapter 3 Perpetrators and Bystanders No access Pages 61 - 90
Chapter 4 Surviving Wartime Sexual Violence No access Pages 91 - 114
Chapter 5 The Elusiveness of Narratives on Wartime Sexual Violence Against Men No access Pages 115 - 130
Chapter 6 Conceptualizing and Implementing Care and Support Programs for Male Survivors No access Pages 131 - 152
Chapter 7 Prosecuting Wartime Sexual Violence Against Men No access Pages 153 - 170
Conclusion No access Pages 171 - 176
Notes No access Pages 177 - 182
Bibliography No access Pages 183 - 200
Index No access Pages 201 - 208
About the Author No access Pages 209 - 210