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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vergès, Françoise, 1952- (Author)
Other Authors: Thackway, Melissa (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: London : Pluto Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Women > Violence against > Prevention.
Sex discrimination against women > Prevention.
Sex discrimination against women > Government policy.
Anti-racism > Government policy.
Discrimination > Prevention.
Violence > Social aspects.
Male domination (Social structure)
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the English edition
  • Introduction
  • Neoliberal violence
  • Race, patriarchy, and the politics of women's protection
  • The impasse of punitive feminism
  • Conclusion: For a decolonial feminist politics.