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Mothers, Monsters, Whores by Laura Sjoberg & Caron E. Gentry
Women's Violence in Global Politics
Provides an empirical study of women's violence in global politics. This book looks at military women who engage in torture; the 'Black Widows'; suicide bombers; and the women who directed and participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. It analyses the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which women are depicted."Mothers, Monsters, Whores" provides an empirical study of women's violence in global politics. The book looks at military women who engage in torture; the Chechen 'Black Widows'; Middle Eastern suicide bombers; and the women who directed and participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. Sjoberg & Gentry analyse the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which these women are conventionally depicted, arguing that these are rooted in assumptions about what is 'appropriate' female behaviour. What these stereotypes have in common is that they all perceive women as having no agency in any sphere of life, from everyday choices to global political events. |
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| Author(s) : Laura Sjoberg | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1842778668 | ISBN-13 : 9781842778661 |
| RRP : £17.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 01/10/2007
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd
Page Length : 232mm
Page Size : 216mm