Bodies of violence : theorizing embodied subjects in international relations / Lauren B. Wilcox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilcox, Lauren B., author.

Series:

Oxford studies in gender and international relations

Oxford Studies in gender and international relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Sociological aspects.

International relations.

International relations--Philosophy.

Violence--Political aspects.

Violence.

Human body--Political aspects.

Human body.

Human body--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Contents:

1 Bodies, Subjects, and Violence in International Relations 17

2 Dying Is Not Permitted: Guantánamo Bay and the Liberal Subject of International Relations 49

3 Explosive Bodies: Suicide Bombing as an Embodied Practice and the Politics of Abjection 80

4 Crossing Borders, Securing Bodies: Airport Security Assemblages and Bodies of Information 104

5 Body Counts: The Politics of Embodiment in Precision Warfare 131

6 Vulnerable Bodies and the "Responsibility to Protect" 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199384488

0199384487

OCLC:

900623200