Gender and conflict : embodiments, discourses and symbolic practices / edited by Georg Frerks, Annelou Ypeij, Reinhilde Sotiria Konig.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rethinking gender and conflict : discourses, embodiments and symbolic practices / Georg Frerks, Reinhilde Sotiria Konig and Annelou Ypeij -- Oral histories of gender in flux : challenging popular perceptions about the state of gender in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo / Theo Hollander -- Making uncertain manhood : masculinities, embodiment and agency among male Hamas youth / Maria Frederika Malmstrom -- Women's violence and gender relations in the Israeli Defence Forces / Ilaria Simonetti -- Between agency and subjugation : female ltte combatants in the Sri Lankan conflict and post-war situation / Georg Frerks -- Fighting over a public toilet : masculinities, class and violence in a Nairobi ghetto / Naomi van Stapele --'The colonized bodies of our women' : imaginative and material terrains of US military entertainment on the fringes of South Korea / Elisabeth Schober -- The prisoner's body : violence, desire, and masculinities in a Nicaraguan prison theater group / Julienne Weegels -- Being carried out : women's bodies, prototypical masculinity and social hierarchy inside and outside the Capoeira Ring / Menara Guizardi and Annelou Ypeij --'You could be surprised how sweet and caring some guys are' : writings about sexuality, romance and conflict in a school setting in Malta / Joanne Cassar -- Just words under the wall : a peace building experience in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Patrizia Violi.