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Index
Cover
Half title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations and acronyms
1 Introduction
The story of two rapes
Social harmony
Rape, wrongdoing, and justice
The northern Uganda war and Acholi realities
Brief chapter overview
Concluding reflections: on writing about rape
2 Life and participant reflection in northern Uganda
The research project
Inhabiting patriarchal dimensions of social harmony
3 Rape, wrongdoing, and justice
Legal definitions and social understandings of rape
Counting rape in Acholi
Rape within the logic of violence in war
Accounting for rape
Wrongdoing
Justice
4 Acholi love: sex and social belonging
Sex and meaning
‘Meeting’ to marriage
Sexual education
Conclusion
5 Consent and rape: When does ‘no’ mean no?
Distinguishing sexual transgression from acceptable sex
Notions of consent
Notions of rape
Conclusion
6 Social harmony and the space between local solutions and judicial systems
The meaning of justice
‘Embedded’ and ‘distanced’ response to crime
Institutional trust and boundaries of moral jurisdiction
Revenge and forgiveness
Moral community and perceptions of punishment
Conclusion
7 Mango trees, offices, and altars: the role of relatives, NGOs, and churches
Relatives
NGOs
Churches
Conclusion
8 Comparing the aftermath of civilian and combatant rape
Abduction and rape with intent to marry
Rape by strangers
Conclusion: reflections on implications for transitional justice
9 Conclusion: medicine and lightning
Theoretical reflections
The story of the Ogre and the mother of Ayaa
Meaning in context
Final thoughts
References
Index
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