Iraqi women's experiences of war : select stories of survival /
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2015
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Shabbar, Fatin,
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This research provides a postcolonial feminist analysis of Iraqi women’s experiences of wars and militarization. The body of literature on Iraqi women and war primarily focuses on discourses of vulnerability. Iraqi women are generally depicted as sufferers of multiple oppressions such as patriarchy, religion and religious fanaticism, ethnic and sectarian conflicts, poverty and violence. This image of suffering has contributed significantly to maintaining a colonial dominance over Iraqi women’s voices and self-identification. This study aims to challenge these victimised representations through exploring alternative ways of thinking and understanding. This aim is accentuated through the utilization of the de-colonial methodological tool of narrative voice using storytelling. The stories of thirty one Iraqi women who live in Iraq and experience daily trauma are employed as academic authority in this research emphasizing their intellectual importance in knowledge production. The main argument presented in this thesis stresses that while women generally are highly susceptible to the effects of wars, and that Iraqi women are in fact exposed to extreme violence and suffering through wars and militarization, the socio-political space that they occupy is vastly complex and cannot be reduced to a discourse of vulnerability.
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University of South Australia. School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy.
School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy.
School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy.
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Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2015.
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Copyright 2015 Fatin Shabbar.
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1 ethesis (301 pages) :
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-279)
illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-279)
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