Menstruation as a Weapon of War: The Politics of the Bleeding Body for Women on Political Protest at Armagh Prison, Northern Ireland

This article draws on the voices of women political prisoners who were detained at Armagh Prison during the period of the Troubles or the Conflict in Northern Ireland. It focuses on women who undertook an extraordinary form of protest against the prison authorities during the 1980s, known as the No...

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Autor principal: Wahidin, Azrini (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En: The prison journal
Año: 2019, Volumen: 99, Número: 1, Páginas: 112-131
Acceso en línea: Presumably Free Access
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Armagh Prison
Irish Republican Army
Menstruation
No Wash Protest
Northern Ireland
Political protest
Women
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Sumario:This article draws on the voices of women political prisoners who were detained at Armagh Prison during the period of the Troubles or the Conflict in Northern Ireland. It focuses on women who undertook an extraordinary form of protest against the prison authorities during the 1980s, known as the No Wash Protest. As the prisoners were prevented from leaving their cells by prison officer either to wash or to use the toilet, the women, living in the midst of their own dirt and body waste, added menstrual blood as a form of protest.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/0032885518814730