Embodied violence
Subtitle: communalising women's sexuality in South Asia
By: [edited by] Kumari Jayawardena, Malathi de Alwis.
Contributors: Jayawardena, Kumari.; Alwis, Malathi de
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Women -- Crimes against -- South Asia.; Abused women -- South Asia.; Violence -- South Asia.; Violent crimes -- South Asia.
Description: Embodied Violence is a major investigation into the myriad of ways in which societies play out the struggle for cultural identity on women's bodies. Focusing on communal violence, it explores how such violence reconfigures women's experiences, facilitates the formation of particular identities and the dissemination of specific ideologies and how it positions women vis-a-vis their communities as well as the State.

A distinguished cast of contributors explores the relationship between ideals of motherhood, tradition, community and racial purity, and uncovers the ways in which women's bodies become the recording surface of repressive cultural practices and symbolic humiliations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.