Female Body, Rape, War: Sexual Subjugation of Women as a Symbol of Hegemony and Political-National “Othering” in the Genocide of Bosnia

The aim of this research is to focus on rape used as a “tool” of war, a theme connected to the representation of the female body as a transfiguration of a symbolic “crossing” by an oppressor group over an oppressed group. In particular, in this essay, whose topic focuses on mass rape in the Bosnian...

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Main Author: Laura Sugamele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università di Napoli Federico II 2022-09-01
Series:Fuori Luogo
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Online Access:http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/fuoriluogo/article/view/8665