A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective
by Françoise Vergès
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"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, Franc?oise Verge?s denounces the carceral turn that increasingly calls for protection by the state and the police. By focusing on 'violent show more 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, Verge?s refuses the punitive obsession of the state in favor of restorative justice."--Page 4 of cover show lessTags
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