Françoise Vergès A feminist theory of violence

a decolonial perspective

"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',...

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Engels | 146 pagina's | Pluto Press, London | 2022

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