Paper/Proposal Title
Naming Rape: The Social Practice of Power, Agency, and Victimization in the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1936-1940
Start Date
11-9-2017 10:30 AM
Keywords
Italo-Ethiopian War, Rape, History Geneva Conventions, Anti-Colonialism
Abstract
This paper, “Naming Rape,” shows how and when rape got named as part of the movement against the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1936. I show that activists used the term strategically at certain points and specific places of the struggle to sway opinion and move the international community to challenge fascist violence and expansionism. Naming rape was something new for antiwar activists at this time.
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Naming Rape: The Social Practice of Power, Agency, and Victimization in the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1936-1940
This paper, “Naming Rape,” shows how and when rape got named as part of the movement against the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1936. I show that activists used the term strategically at certain points and specific places of the struggle to sway opinion and move the international community to challenge fascist violence and expansionism. Naming rape was something new for antiwar activists at this time.
