A feminist theory of violence : a decolonial perspective / Françoise Vergès and Melissa Thackway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vergès, Françoise, 1952- author.

Contributor:

Thackway, Melissa, translator.

Standardized Title:

Théorie féministe de la violence. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against--Prevention.

Women.

Sex discrimination against women--Prevention.

Sex discrimination against women.

Sex discrimination against women--Government policy.

Anti-racism--Government policy.

Anti-racism.

Discrimination--Prevention.

Discrimination.

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence.

Male dominance (Social structure).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Pluto Press, [2022]

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

ISBN:

0-7453-4569-7

0-7453-4571-9

OCLC:

1310156494