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Our bodies, their battlefields : war through the lives of women, Christina Lamb

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"In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she's never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars--the "bang-bang" war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice."--Amazon
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
369 pages
Contents
  • The girl I once was
  • On Mussolini's Island
  • The girls in the forest
  • The power of a hashtag
  • Queue here for the rape victim
  • Women who stare into space
  • The women who changed history
  • The roses of Sarajevo
  • This is what a genocide looks like
  • The hunting hour
  • Then there was silence
  • The beekeeper of Aleppo
  • The Nineveh trials
  • Dr. Miracle and the city of joy
  • Mummy didn't close the door properly...
  • The Lolas-Till the last breath
  • Giving the nightingale her song
Isbn
9781501199172
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Label
Our bodies, their battlefields : war through the lives of women
Title
Our bodies, their battlefields
Title remainder
war through the lives of women
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Christina Lamb
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she's never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars--the "bang-bang" war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice."--Amazon
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Lamb, Christina,
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  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Political science
  • Sex crimes
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Women and war
  • Crimes against humanity
  • War victims
  • War crimes
  • Rape as a weapon of war
  • Crimes against humanity
  • Political science
  • Rape as a weapon of war
  • Sex crimes
  • War crimes
  • War victims
  • Women and war
  • Argentina
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Burma
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Iraq
  • Nigeria
  • Philippines
  • Rwanda
  • Syria
Label
Our bodies, their battlefields : war through the lives of women, Christina Lamb
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
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  • txt
  • sti
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The girl I once was -- On Mussolini's Island -- The girls in the forest -- The power of a hashtag -- Queue here for the rape victim -- Women who stare into space -- The women who changed history -- The roses of Sarajevo -- This is what a genocide looks like -- The hunting hour -- Then there was silence -- The beekeeper of Aleppo -- The Nineveh trials -- Dr. Miracle and the city of joy -- Mummy didn't close the door properly... -- The Lolas-Till the last breath -- Giving the nightingale her song
Control code
1039389378
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
369 pages
Isbn
9781501199172
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1039389378
Label
Our bodies, their battlefields : war through the lives of women, Christina Lamb
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The girl I once was -- On Mussolini's Island -- The girls in the forest -- The power of a hashtag -- Queue here for the rape victim -- Women who stare into space -- The women who changed history -- The roses of Sarajevo -- This is what a genocide looks like -- The hunting hour -- Then there was silence -- The beekeeper of Aleppo -- The Nineveh trials -- Dr. Miracle and the city of joy -- Mummy didn't close the door properly... -- The Lolas-Till the last breath -- Giving the nightingale her song
Control code
1039389378
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
369 pages
Isbn
9781501199172
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1039389378

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