A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective by Vergès, Françoise

A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780745345673)

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A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective by Vergès, Françoise

A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective

$17.95
A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective by Vergès, Françoise

A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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'A robust, decolonial challenge to carceral feminism' - Angela Y. Davis

***Winner of an English PEN Award 2022***

The mainstream conversation surrounding gender equality is a repertoire of violence: harassment, rape, abuse, femicide. These words suggest a cruel reality. But they also hide another reality: that of gendered violence committed with the complicity of the State.

In this book, Fran輟ise Verg鑚 denounces the carceral turn in the fight against sexism. 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, Fran輟ise Verg鑚 refuses the punitive obsession of the State in favour of restorative justice.

Author: Fran輟ise Verg鑚
ISBN-10: 0745345670
ISBN-13: 9780745345673
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2022
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d
By Fran輟ise Verg鑚
By Fran輟ise Verg鑚
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Fran輟ise Verg鑚 is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including A Decolonial Feminism and Wombs of Women.

Melissa Thackway is an independent researcher and translator. She lectures in African Cinema at Sciences-Po and INALCO in Paris. Her recent translations include Contemporary African Cinema by Olivier Barlet, Tropical Dream Palaces: Cinema-Going in Colonial West Africa by Odile Goerg and African Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction by Daniela Ricci.

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