Conflict bodies: the politics of rape representation in the francophone imaginary

Synopsis

Introduction: Can The Subaltern Survivor Speak? The Global Politics Of Rape Discourses -- Bound To Violence? A History Of The Rape Trope In Francophone Studies -- Rethinking Political Rape : Genealogies Of Sexual Violence In Haiti -- Undoing Island Rape Analogies : Beyond The Rape Of The Land -- Beneath Layers Of Violence : Images Of Rape And The Rwandan Genocide -- Regarding The Pain Of Congolese Women : Narrative Closure, Audience Affect, And Rape As A Tool Of War -- Epilogue. Not Just (any) Body Can Be A Global Citizen : Rape And Human Rights Advocacy In The Twenty-first Century. Régine Michelle Jean-charles. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.