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Joyce P. Kaufman is professor emerita of political science at Whittier College. Her books include Introduction to International Relations: Theory and Practice.

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Blah, blah, blah... Not telling me anything I hadn't already heard because the topic of women and war is continually structured as a literature review. I so enjoy listening to my Western/European sisters get on about other women's lived experiences. How about talking with some of the actual women who live(d) and work(ed) through the conflict to test out your claims? Would this be so incredibly novel? I am a sleepless Ph.D. student specializing in international third-sector research and work with grassroots women in armed conflict and post-conflict regions (South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala). I begin my learning from women whose lived experience includes armed conflict by asking them what peace looks like for them. I've received some insightful responses...including a response from a Nobel Prize Laureate who states that equality, a desire noted in your book, isn't just relegated to the borders of her home country --- it extends to NOT arriving at U.S. ports of entry, being seen in her traditional clothing with her baby on her hip, and being interrogated as another African arriving to take up U.S. resources and social services. At some point we, as scholars and researchers, have to question what harm we are doing, what identities are we imposing, how are we getting it wrong -- BY ACTUALLY ASKING THOSE WHO ARE THE EXPERTS - THE WOMEN WHO HAVE LIVED THE WAR. (I hope I never get as arrogant from the safety of the covers of my books and journals.)… (more)
 
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