"Ayse Gul Altinay is Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabanci University and author of The Myth of the Military-Nation and co-author of The Grandchildren: The Hidden Legacy of ""Lost"" Armenians in Turkey. Andrea Peto is a professor in the Department of Gender Studies at the Central European University, Hungary and author of Women in Hungarian Politics, 1945-1951."
’For decades feminist historians have listened to stories of women narrating their experiences of war. This volume brilliantly shows us these narratives are part of a volatile memory, which forces us to reconsider any information that is narrated and to interrogate further meanings and possibilities. It is a major step in a field where truth has become a particular and subjective truth.’ Selma Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ’With international scope and scholarship, this volume documents - pointedly, painfully, perceptively - how modern war and genocide assault women and, at times, implicate them as perpetrators of atrocity. Never minimizing the wreckage, the contributors salvage what remains - archival records, crucial memories, insistent responses - the ingredients necessary to press men as well as women to advance the protest and resistance demanded by the book’s tormenting and unforgettable findings.’ John K. Roth, Claremont McKenna College, USA ’This original and moving book pushes forward our current thinking and existing debates on the gendered memories of war and violence. Covering a range of different case studies and empirical contexts, the contributions offer timely and cutting-edge insights, creative methodologies and compelling analyses.’ Nadje Al-Ali, SOAS, University of London, UK ’In its transnational and interdisciplinary set of feminist engagements, this book fills a glaring gap in the study of how violent pasts are memorialized. It reorients the study of war, memory and gender by looking beyond lasting violence, to resistance, re-imagination and the future.’ Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University, USA