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War, Violence and Women's Agency in Pakistan: The Case of Swat

War, Violence and Women's Agency in Pakistan: The Case of Swat

Wagha, Rehana

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia

General Gender StudiesGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1032661402
ISBN13: 9781032661407
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 29 2024
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

War, Violence and Women's Agency in Pakistan investigates the prominent features of gender ideology in the Swat region, Pakistan and how they influence the norms and forms of women's agency during conflict.

After 9/11, the War on Terror brought a new wave of anarchy, extremism and violence to the valley of Swat. This book investigates the socio-political structures in the region and examines their impact on women's political behaviour. The author asks how these patriarchal socio-political structures have contributed to the formation of women's subjectivities and their ability to subvert and resist patriarchal regimes of oppression. She examines how women experienced militancy, what led them to support or resist the Taliban and how they coped with everyday violence, displacement and resettlement in the period from 2005 to 2010. Multidisciplinary in its approach, the book analyses the norms and forms of women's agency under the postmodern structure and agency framework of feminist political theory, which views structure and agency as co-constituted and mutually dependent.

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