ABSTRACT
Around the world, women have long been on the frontlines, protesting war and military forces. The essays in this collection, from both scholars and activists, explore the experiences of local women's groups that have developed to fight war, militarization, political domination, and patriarchy throughout the world. The writings in this collection cover a range of genres from memoir and historical accounts to critical essays. What holds the writings together is an urgency to reflect on and analyze women's activism on the frontlines-from Palestine, Sudan, Iran, Kosovo, and rural India to Serbia, Croatia, Okinawa, Israel, U.S. prisons, and the racialized American South.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|81 pages
Domestic and Public Violence
chapter Chapter 1|16 pages
Public Imprisonment and Private Violence
chapter Chapter 5|15 pages
The Opposite of War Is Not Peace—It Is Creativity
part II|120 pages
Gender, Militarism, and Sexuality
chapter Chapter 9|15 pages
Women and Militarization in Israel
chapter Chapter 14|8 pages
Women in Command
part III|135 pages
Nonviolent, and Not-Nonviolent, Action against Patriarchy
chapter Chapter 21|22 pages
Gender, Nationalism, and the Ambiguity of Female Agency in Aceh, Indonesia, and East Timor
chapter Chapter 23|7 pages
January 16, 1997: Message from Mary am Rajavi, President-Elect of the Iranian Resistance
part IV|99 pages
Where Are the Frontlines?
