women's violence in global politics
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Sjoberg, Laura
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2007
- Thesaurus
- geweld, militaire beroepen, daders, vrouwelijkheid, stereotypering, politiek, wereld, onderzoeksrapport
- Description
- This study of women's violence in global politics looks at military women who engage in torture: at suicide bombers in Chechnia and the Middle East: and at the women who participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. The authors discuss the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which these women are conventionally depicted. These stereotypes keep up an idealized notion of femininity, and prevent the perception of women as independent, interdependent, and rational actors in any sphere of life. The book argues that a feminist approach to women's participation, agency and emancipation is the only tool to combat the mother, monster, and whore narratives