Special Issue 2 Beyond first publication rights on this site, copyright remains with the individual authors. SPECIAL ISSUE Femininity, Violence, and the National Narrative FRONT MATTER Introduction: Women and the Nation’s Narrative: From Imaginations of Femininity to Violence against Women By V.G. Julie Rajan, Special Issue Guest Editor Rutgers University, U.S.A. PART I: RECOVERING THE HISTORIES OF WOMEN IN NATIONAL MEMORIES From “Shoulder-To-Shoulder” Politics to the “Womb-Bomb” Threat [Images] By Svetlana Slapšak Ljubljana Graduate School of Humanities, Slovenia Women and Resistance in West Bengal and Bangladesh: 1967–1971 By Louise Harrington University of Alberta, Canada The Emergence of Lesbian Safe Places in Mexico City (1970-2010) By Anahi Russo Garrido Brandeis University, U.S.A. PART II: LOCATING ‘WOMEN’ IN NATIONS OF VIOLENCE AND TERROR The Terror of Sex: Significations of Al Qaeda Wives By Laura Sjoberg The University of Florida, U.S.A. Mothers and the Nation By V.G. Julie Rajan Rutgers University, U.S.A. PART III: FEMINIST COUNTER-NARRATIVES WRITTEN ON THE GROUNDS OF CONFLICT Laments from a Lacerated Terrain By Malathi de Alwis The University of Colombo, Sri Lanka When the Abnormal Becomes the Normal: The Case of Palestine [Images] By Rose Shomali Musleh The Women’s Affairs Technical Committee, West Bank, Palestine BACKMATTER Biographies of Contributors Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...