Gender and violence in Ukraine
Changing how we bear witness to war
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9642117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Orysia Kulick (0000-0002-1499-5534, Departments of Political Studies and of German and Slavic Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 190-206 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Slavonic Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-5006 • E-ISSN: 2375-2475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00085006.2022.2108264 |
| OpenAlex | W4295584997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world with its recklessness and brutality. On the surface, it presents itself as a war that aims to revisit the ways in which the international order came to be realigned after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Highlighting the importance of structural change, that story is nevertheless an abstracted one about promises made and broken by the West since the 1990s, leading to a series of proxy wars between great powers on the decline – the most recent of which is unfolding in Ukraine. This forum contribution argues that, as convincing as geopolitical narratives might seem, they do not necessarily hold up when we view Russia’s war in Ukraine through the experiences of women, children, and unarmed civilians, who have faced six months of indiscriminate violence. In particular, sexual violence brings a different kind war into view: a nasty war of conquest aiming to subjugate Ukraine totally. Russia’s brutal tactics reveal something about its aims in Ukraine, calling us to look beyond comfortable analytical frames, to bear witness, and ultimately to address as scholars and global citizens the silences and omissions that have led us to this point
Geopolitics · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Recklessness · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Witness · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |