Abstract
In her article "Genocidal Rape, Enforced Impregnation, and the Discourse of Serbian National Identity" Tatjana Takševa analyzes two main processes which contributed to the systematic rape and enforced impregnation of Bosniak women during the Balkan conflict: the discourse of Serbian nationalism articulated in response to the sexual violence that took place in Kosovo preceding the war and the simultaneous diminishing and downgrading of women's political and social autonomy on all territories of the former Yugoslavia. Based on statements in narratives of Bosniak women rape survivors, Takševa argues that these ideologically motivated processes combined to revive, inflame, and militarize long-standing Serbian stereotypes about Muslims and the supposed threat they represent.
Recommended Citation
Takševa, Tatjana.
"Genocidal Rape, Enforced Impregnation, and the Discourse of Serbian National Identity."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
17.3
(2015):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.2638>
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