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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797424903321

Autore

Gentry Caron E.

Titolo

Beyond mothers, monsters, whores : thinking about women's violence in global politics / / Caron E. Gentry and Laura Sjoberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21862-6

1-78360-210-4

1-78360-209-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages)

Disciplina

364.3/74

Soggetti

Violence in women

Political violence

World politics

Gender studies: women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: A Woman did that?; 2. Seeing Gender in Theories of People's Political Violence; 3. Seeing Women's Extralegal Violence; 4. Saving, Supporting and Supplicating: The Mother Narrative; 5. Femininity Gone Awry: The Monster Narrative; 6. Sex/Violence: The Whore Narrative; 7. Conclusion: Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores; Notes; Sources used; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Builds on and expands Gentry and Sjoberg's landmark work on violence and gender.