A feminist theory of violence : a decolonial perspective /
Mainstream feminist conversations about violence are a repertoire of victimization, harassment, rape, abuse and femicide. These words suggest a cruel reality. But they also hide another reality, that racial capitalism, imperialism and colonial occupation inevitably produce gendered violence with the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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London :
Pluto Press,
[2022].
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| Summary: | Mainstream feminist conversations about violence are a repertoire of victimization, harassment, rape, abuse and femicide. These words suggest a cruel reality. But they also hide another reality, that racial capitalism, imperialism and colonial occupation inevitably produce gendered violence with the complicity of the state. In A Feminist Theory of Violence, Françoise Vergès denounces the carceral turn that increasingly calls for protection by the state and the police. By focusing on 'violent men,' we fail to question the sources of their violence. There is no doubt as to the underlying causes, racial capitalism, ultra-conservative populism, the crushing of the Global South by wars and imperialist looting, the exile of millions and the proliferation of prisons. These all put masculinity in the service of a policy of death. Against the spirit of the times, Vergès refuses the punitive obsession of the state in favor of restorative justice. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 146 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0745345689 9780745345680 9780745345673 0745345670 |