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After Rape: Violence, Justice, and Social Harmony in Uganda
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Following the ICC intervention in 2005, northern Uganda has been at the heart of international justice debates. The emergent controversy, however, missed crucial aspects of Acholi realities: that the primary moral imperative in the wake of wrongdoing was not punishment but, instead, the restoration of social harmony. Drawing upon abundant fieldwork and in-depth interviews with almost 200 women, Holly Porter examines issues surrounding wrongdoing and justice, and sexual violence and rape, among the Acholi people in northern Uganda. This intricate exploration offers evidence of a more complicated and nuanced explanation of rape and its aftermath, suggesting a re-imagining of the meanings of post-atrocity justice, whilst acknowledging the role of sex, power and politics in all sexual experiences between coercion and consent. With its wide investigation of social life in northern Uganda, this provocative study offers vital analysis for those interested in sexual and gender violence, post-conflict reconstruction and human rights.
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“Meanwhile, deviation from the norm and the consequent disruption of 'social harmony' is heavily sanctioned, while resolution often involves the reproduction of dynamics of exclusion, marginalisation, and even violence (Allen 1989;Porter 2016;Storer 2020;Storer and Torre 2023).”
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“It is something towards which communities and individuals continuously strive, but which is impossible to fully achieve or maintain.”
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“activities are socially signified, that is, they become meaningful when they can be socially appraised, based on the extent to which they improve (or undermine) 'social harmony' (Porter 2016).”
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- Authors
- Porter, H.
- Affiliations
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Porter, Holly
- ORCID
- Porter, Holly
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2016-12-13
- OpenAlex
- W4244936713
- Cited by
- 106
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 13.22
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › War, Law, and Justice
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peacebuilding and International Security
- Keywords
- rape, sexual violence, Acholi people, restorative justice, harmonious society, international criminal justice, Northern Uganda, post-conflict reconstruction, gender-based violence, human rights
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