The rationale is straightforward and persuasive: intrastate conflicts are by definition subnational phenomena. If we want to understand them fully, it may be wise to refocus our attention from the country level to the subnational level. Where violence is located might inform us as to why it...

Introduction : a woman did that? -- Narratives of mothers, monsters and whores -- Triple transgressions at Abu Ghraib -- Black widows in Chechnya -- Dying for sex and love in the Middle East -- Gendered perpetrators of genocide -- Gendering people's violence -- Conclusion : let us now see 'bad'...