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Intro
Preface
Contents
Contributors
About the Contributors
Abbreviations
An Introduction to Constructing Motherhood Identity Against Political Violence: Beyond Crying Mothers
Motherhood, Agency, and Violence: The Personal Is Political
References
Mothers Will Stop at Nothing: The Responses of Mothers of Terrorists
Introduction
Literature Review
Mothers' Responses
Method
Responses by Mothers of Terrorists in the United States
Conclusion
References
Grieving Mothers Who Nurture Sustainable Peace and Women's Political Agency in Argentina
Introduction
The Rationale
Women's Political Participation in Argentina
The Military Dictatorship (1976-1983)
Transitioning (1983-2001)
Deficiently Democratic (2001-Present)
Motherhood Activism in Three Vignettes
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Mothers Against Paco
Mom Cultivates Argentina
Empowered Constructions of Motherhood Developed Through Grief
Opposing State Violence Under the Military Dictatorship and the Transition to Democracy
Toward the End of the Transition to Democracy and into the Contemporary Period
Sustainable Peace Under Different Forms of State Violence
Conclusion: Bolstering Women's Political Agency and Sustainable Peace
References
Empowering or Entrapping in Indigenous Patriarchy? Political Motherhood in India's Northeast Conflict Zones
Introduction
Northeast Frontier Lands
Naga Mothers: From Apolitical Peace-Work to Political Assertion
Manipur's Meira Paibis and the Radicalized Nude Mothers Protest
Conclusion
References
Motherhood and the Combatant Role: A Case Study of Women Politically Motivated Prisoners in the Context of Violent Conflict
Introduction
Women Combatants and the Politics of Transgression
Women Combatants and the NI Conflict
Combatant Mothers
Separation and the Maternal Role
Conflict Transformation
Conclusions
References
Motherhood in Iraq: Between the Matrix of Domination and the Matrix of Agency
Introduction
Women and Motherhood in Times of Conflict and War
The Analytical Lens of the Chapter
Iraqi Shi'i Mothers Under the Reign of Saddam Hussein
When the Battle Was Brought to Their Doorstep
Conclusion
References
Identity, Trauma, and Resistance: The Lived Experience of Palestinian Motherhood in the West Bank
Introduction
Palestinian Women
Dominant Palestinian Gender Role Narratives
The Construction of Women's Identities in Palestine
The Palestinian National Identity
Motherhood and the Palestinian National Struggle
Bereaved Mothers
Stories of Loss and Healing from Palestinian Mothers in Am'ari Refugee Camp
Collective Struggle and Shared Suffering
Lack of Support
The Role of Religion and Nationalism
The Role of Mothers
Identity, Empowerment, and Resistance
Preface
Contents
Contributors
About the Contributors
Abbreviations
An Introduction to Constructing Motherhood Identity Against Political Violence: Beyond Crying Mothers
Motherhood, Agency, and Violence: The Personal Is Political
References
Mothers Will Stop at Nothing: The Responses of Mothers of Terrorists
Introduction
Literature Review
Mothers' Responses
Method
Responses by Mothers of Terrorists in the United States
Conclusion
References
Grieving Mothers Who Nurture Sustainable Peace and Women's Political Agency in Argentina
Introduction
The Rationale
Women's Political Participation in Argentina
The Military Dictatorship (1976-1983)
Transitioning (1983-2001)
Deficiently Democratic (2001-Present)
Motherhood Activism in Three Vignettes
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Mothers Against Paco
Mom Cultivates Argentina
Empowered Constructions of Motherhood Developed Through Grief
Opposing State Violence Under the Military Dictatorship and the Transition to Democracy
Toward the End of the Transition to Democracy and into the Contemporary Period
Sustainable Peace Under Different Forms of State Violence
Conclusion: Bolstering Women's Political Agency and Sustainable Peace
References
Empowering or Entrapping in Indigenous Patriarchy? Political Motherhood in India's Northeast Conflict Zones
Introduction
Northeast Frontier Lands
Naga Mothers: From Apolitical Peace-Work to Political Assertion
Manipur's Meira Paibis and the Radicalized Nude Mothers Protest
Conclusion
References
Motherhood and the Combatant Role: A Case Study of Women Politically Motivated Prisoners in the Context of Violent Conflict
Introduction
Women Combatants and the Politics of Transgression
Women Combatants and the NI Conflict
Combatant Mothers
Separation and the Maternal Role
Conflict Transformation
Conclusions
References
Motherhood in Iraq: Between the Matrix of Domination and the Matrix of Agency
Introduction
Women and Motherhood in Times of Conflict and War
The Analytical Lens of the Chapter
Iraqi Shi'i Mothers Under the Reign of Saddam Hussein
When the Battle Was Brought to Their Doorstep
Conclusion
References
Identity, Trauma, and Resistance: The Lived Experience of Palestinian Motherhood in the West Bank
Introduction
Palestinian Women
Dominant Palestinian Gender Role Narratives
The Construction of Women's Identities in Palestine
The Palestinian National Identity
Motherhood and the Palestinian National Struggle
Bereaved Mothers
Stories of Loss and Healing from Palestinian Mothers in Am'ari Refugee Camp
Collective Struggle and Shared Suffering
Lack of Support
The Role of Religion and Nationalism
The Role of Mothers
Identity, Empowerment, and Resistance