Women in War: The Micro-Processes of Mobilization in El Salvador - Paperback

by Jocelyn Viterna (Author)

Waging war has historically been an almost exclusively male endeavor, yet over the past several decades women have joined insurgent armies in significant and surprising numbers. Why do women become guerrilla insurgents? What experiences do they have in guerrilla armies? And what are the long-term repercussions of this participation for the women themselves and the societies in which they live?

Author Biography

Jocelyn Viterna is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.