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A feminist theory of violence [electronic resource] : a decolonial perspective / Françoise Vergès ; translated by Melissa Thackway

Author
Vergès, Françoise, 1952-
Uniform Title
Théorie féministe de la violence. English
Published
London : Pluto Press, 2022.
Physical Description
viii, 146 pages ; 20 cm
Additional Creators
Thackway, Melissa
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English, translated from French.
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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.
Summary
"Mainstream feminist conversations about violence are a repertoire of victimization: harassment, rape, abuse, 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."--Page 4 of cover.
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0745345689 hardback
9780745345680 hardback
9780745345673 paperback
0745345670 paperback
9780745345710 PDF
9780745345697 EPUB
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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