Citation

Holt M. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(3): 316-337.

Affiliation

University of Westminster, London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213485550

PMID

23676447

Abstract

In times of war, women are likely to experience, in addition to the "normal" violence of peacetime, random cruelties perpetrated by the enemy against all members of the community. During research conducted with Palestinian refugees and Shi'i Muslims in Lebanon, women described various forms of violence and, in this article, I examine violence suffered by women in the context of conflict from three perspectives: victimization, trauma, and resistance. I argue that traumatic events have the effect of obliterating identity, but they can also strengthen the resolve to resist.

Language: en