Gender, agency and political violence

Gender, agency and political violence

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Gender is not a 'security issue', but it tells us a lot about how, why and when certain subjects are written as security concerns. Thirteen case studies onviolent subjects, reason, and emotion demonstrate different ways in which we understand political violence, security, resistance, power, and agency, and how we make sense of gender. LINDA ÅHÄLL Sessional tutor at the University of Warwick, UK. Her researchfocuses on gender, agency and political violence as part of critical securitystudies and critical IR theory. LAURA J. SHEPHERD Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her publications include 'Gender, Violence and Popular Culture: Telling Stories' (edited), 'Gender, Violence and Security: Discourse as Practice', and 'Gender Matters inGlobal Politics: A Feminist Introduction to International Relations' (edited). INDICE: Rethinking Gender, Agency and Political Violence;' L.J.Shepherd - 'PART I: VIOLENT SUBJECTS - Masculinity, Militarism and Popular Culture: The Warrior Superhero in Hollywood; 'L.Crowe - 'Masculinities, Pain and Power: Gendering Experiences of Truth Sharing in Northern Ireland; 'L.White - '(Re)Masculinizing Security? Gender and Private Military and Security Companies; 'J.Joachim' &' A.Schneiker - 'The Gender of Resistance: A Case Study Approach to Thinking about Gender in Violent Resistance Movements; 'G.Gonzalez, M.Kimmel, F.Malekahmadi' &' J.Tyagi - 'PART II: REASON/RATIONALITY - Power and Gendered Rationality in Western Epistemic Constructions of Female Suicide Bombings; 'T.Narozhna - 'Assassins, Virgins, Scholars: Epistemologies and Geopolitics in Scholarly Knowledge on Suicide Bombing;' C.Brunner - 'From Snipers to Suicide Attacks: Exploring the Representations and Realities of Conflict in the Northern Caucasus; 'C.Moore - 'Gendered Agency in Contested Truths: The Case of Hyunhee Kim(KAL858); 'S.Park-Kang - 'PART III: EMOTION/EMOTIONALITY - Ungendering the Links between Emotions and Violence: Towards a Political Appreciation of Empathyand Compassion; 'E.Hutchison '&' R.Bleiker - 'Confusion, Fear, Disgust: Emotional Communication in Representations of Female Agency in Political Violence; 'L.Åhäll - 'Heartfelt Positivity as an Orthogonal Approach to Gender, Agency and Political Violence: Reading Stormheart; 'E.Penttinen'

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-29390-8
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 272
  • Fecha Publicación: 09/03/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés