Gender & Sexuality.
Gender and Sexuality
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ICES, from its inception, has considered gender a core category in the analysis of ethnic identity and conflict. Hegemonic ethno-nationalisms frequently seek to degrade and feminize the “other” and while women and men within an ethnic group might be segmented in various ways according to class, caste, age, status etc., they are also invariably socialized into upholding gendered stereotypes, in the name of national/ethnic cohesion and identity. Men are expected to be valorous, and often militant, defenders of the ethnic group while women are perceived to symbolize the purity, continuity and exclusivity of the group. Some of the earliest projects in which ICES was involved thus sought to provide a feminist analysis and critique of such gendered subjectivities by unpacking patriarchal assumptions inherent in religious tenets and practices.
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CONSTELLATIONS OF VIOLENCE FEMINIST INTERVENTION IN SOUTH ASIA, edited by Radhika Coomaraswamy & Nimanthi Perera- Rajasingham. Colombo, ICES, 2008. 260p. C. Rs.1000.00
INTERROGATING THE NORMS: WOMEN CHALLENGING VIOLENCE IN AN ADVERSARIAL STATE, by Farida Shaheed. Colombo, ICES, 2007. 145p. C. Rs.300.00
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN SOUTH ASIA: ACTIONS AND RESPONSES, by Bhawani Loganathan. Colombo, ICES, 2006. 423p. C. Rs.1300.00; US $: 15.00
PEACE WORK: WOMEN, ARMED CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION. Edited by Radhika Coomaraswamy and Dilrukshi Fonseka. Colombo, ICES, 2004. 278p. C. Rs.750.00; US $ 20.00
THIN VEILS: IN THE SHADOW OF THE WICKED WITCH (PERFORMING ACTIVISM), by Sumathy Sivamohan. Colombo, ICES, 2003. 64p. C. Rs.250.00; US $ 15.00
WOMEN AND GOVERNANCE IN SRI LANKA, by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena and Chulani Kodikara. Colombo, ICES, 2002. 152p. C. Rs.200.00; US $ 15.00
WOMEN AND GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH ASIA. Edited by Yasmin Tambiah, Colombo, ICES, 2002. 497p. C. Rs.1000.00; US $ 20.00.
SOMETIMES THERE IS NO BLOOD: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RAPE IN RURAL SRI LANKA, by Ameena Hussein. Colombo. ICES, 2000. 102p. C. Rs.300.00; US $ 20.00
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN SRI LANKA, by Ameena Hussein and Bhawani Loganathan. Colombo, ICES 1999. 109p C. Rs.150.00; US $: 5.00