Through an in-depth analysis of the multifaceted manifestations of gender and conflict, this book shows how cognition and behaviour, agency and victimization, are gendered beyond the popular stereotypes. Conflict not only reconfirms social hierarchies and power relations, but also motivates people to transgress cultural boundaries and redefine their self-images and identities. The contributions are a mix of classical ethnography, performance studies and embodiment studies, showing 'emotions and feelings' often denied in scientific social research.

Preface; Chapter 1 Rethinking Gender and Conflict: Discourses, Embodiments and Symbolic Practices, Georg Frerks, Reinhilde Sotiria König, Annelou Ypeij; Chapter 2 Oral Histories of Gender in Flux: Challenging Popular Perceptions about the State of Gender in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Theo Hollander; Chapter 3 Making Uncertain Manhood: Masculinities, Embodiment and Agency among Male Hamas Youth, Maria Frederika Malmström; Chapter 4 Women's Violence and Gender Relations in the Israeli Defence Forces, Ilaria Simonetti; Chapter 5 Between Agency and Subjugation: Female LTTE Combatants in the Sri Lankan Conflict and Post-war Situation, Georg; Chapter 6 Fighting over a Public Toilet: Masculinities, Class and Violence in a Nairobi Ghetto, van Naomi Stapele; Chapter 7 'The Colonized Bodies of Our Women...': Imaginative and Material Terrains of US Military Entertainment on the Fringes of South Korea, Elisabeth Schober; Chapter 8 The Prisoner's Body: Violence, Desire and Masculinities in a Nicaraguan Prison Theatre Group, Julienne Weegels; Chapter 9 'Being Carried Out': Women's Bodies and Masculinity Inside and Outside the Capoeira Ring, Menara Lube Guizardi, Annelou Ypeij; Chapter 10 'You Could Be Surprised How Sweet and Caring Some Guys Are': Girls' Writings about Sexuality, Romance and Conflict, Joanne Cassar; Chapter 11 Just Words under the Wall: A Peace-building Experience in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Patrizia Violi;

Georg Frerks, Annelou Ypeij, Reinhilde Sotiria König