Teaching About Rape in War and Genocide [Hardcover]

This edited volume is both a guide for educators and a resource for everyone who wants to strengthen resistance against a major atrocity that besieges human development. Its contributors explore a crucial question: how to teach about rape in war and genocide?Introduction: Tackling Overlooked Issues 1. Why Teach? 2. Who Should Teach and Learn? 3. What Needs to Be Taught? 4. How Should One Teach? 5. When and Where? Conclusion: Time Will Tell Bibliography

Alex Alvarez, Northern Arizona University, USA Maria Eriksson Baaz, Nordic Africa Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Paul R. Bartrop, Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA Roselyn Costantino, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, USA Lee Ann De Reus, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, USA Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Stockton University, USA Andrea Pet?, Central European University, Hungary Cheyney Ryan, Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford, UK Doris Schopper, University of Geneva, Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH), Switzerland Ruth Seifert, University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany Robert Skloot, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Hugo Slim, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Switzerland Maria Stern, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Henry Theriault, Worcester State University, USA Ernesto Verdeja, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, USA

A sensitive, nuanced, and ethically and psychologically insightful work on an extraordinarily important and difficult topic. The diversity of voices and perspectives provide thoughtful commentary on pedagogy that contribute to teaching that is responsible, respectful, critical, and characterized by humility and care for survivors of rape in war and genocide and genuine concern for providing students with challenging but supportive opportunities for learning that inlãl