The genocides of modern history-Rwanda, Armenia, Guatemala, the Holocaust, and countless others-and their effects have been well documented, but how do the experiences of female victims and perpetrators differ from those of men? In Women and Genocide, human rights advocates and scholars come together to argue that the memory of trauma is gendered and that women's voices and perspectives are key to our understanding of the dynamics that emerge in the context of genocidal violence. The contributors of this volume examine how women consistently are targets for the sexualized violence that serves as an instrument of ethnic cleansing, how female perpetrators take advantage of the new power structures, and how women are involved in the struggle for justice in post-genocidal contexts. By placing women at center stage, Women and Genocide helps us to better understand the nexus existing between misogyny and violence in societies where genocide erupts.

AcknowledgmentsPreface / Joyce W. WarrenIntroduction: Memory, Body, and Power: Women and the Study of Genocide / Elissa Bemporad1. The Gendered Logics of Indigenous Genocide / Andrea Smith2. Women and the Herero Genocide / Elisa von Joeden-Forgey3. Arshaluys Mardigian/Aurora Mardiganian: Absorption, Stardom, Exploitation, and Empowerment / Donna-Lee Frieze4. "Hyphenated" Identities during the Holodomor: Women and Cannibalism / Olga Bertelsen5. Gender: A Crucial Tool in Holocaust Research / Marion Kaplan6. German Women and the Holocaust in the Nazi East / Wendy Lower7. Romani Girls: Resiliency and Caretaking during the Holocaust in Romanian-controlled Transnistria / Michelle Kelso8. Birangona: Bearing Witness in War and 'Peace' / Bina D'Costa9. Very Superstitious: Gendered Punishment in Democratic Kampuchea , 1975-1979 / Trude Jacobsen10. Sexual Violence as a Weapon during the Guatemalan Genocide / Victoria Sanford, Sofia Duyos Alvarez-Arenas and Kathleen Dill11. Gender and the Military in Post-Genocide Rwanda / Georgina Holmes12. Narratives of Survivors of Srebrenica: How Do They Reconnect to the World? / Selma Leydesdorff13. The Plight and Fate of Females during and Following the Darfur Genocide / Samuel Totten14. Grassroots Women's Participation in Addressing Conflict and Genocide: Case Studies from the MENA Region and Latin America / Lisa David and Cassandra AtlasSelected Bibliography: Further ReadingsIndex