ABSTRACT
Violence and Gender in the Globalized World expands the critical picture of gender and violence in the age of globalization by introducing a variety of uncommonly discussed geo-political sites and dynamics. The volume hosts methodologically and disciplinarily diverse contributions from around the world, discussing various contexts including Chechnya, Germany, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Palestine, the former Yugoslavia, Syria, South Africa, the United States, and the Internet. Bringing together scholars’ and activists’ historicized and site-specific perspectives, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice concerning violence, gender, and agency. In this revised and updated edition, the scope of inquiry is expanded to incorporate phenomena that have recently come to the forefront of public and scholarly scrutiny, such as Internet-based discourses of violence, female suicide bombers, and the Islamic State’s violence against women. At the same time, new data and developments are brought to bear on earlier discussions of violence against women across the globe in order to bring them fully up to date. With an international team of contributors, comprising eminent scholars, activists and policy-makers, this volume will be of interest to anyone conducting research in the areas of gender and sexuality, human rights, cultural studies, law, sociology, political science, history, post-colonialism and colonialism, anthropology, philosophy and religion.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|80 pages
Revealing the Gaps
chapter 2|18 pages
Going beyond the Universal-versus-Relativist Rights Discourse and Practice
chapter 3|46 pages
Women, Violence, and the Islamic State
part II|70 pages
Enclosures and Exposures
chapter 4|16 pages
People behind Walls, Women behind Walls
chapter 6|18 pages
The After-War War of Genders
chapter 7|16 pages
A Call for a Nuanced Constitutional Jurisprudence
part III|92 pages
Bordered Subjectivities, Global Connections
chapter 8|24 pages
Building Accountability for Gender-based Violence
chapter 10|20 pages
Victims, Villains, Saviors
part IV|38 pages
Aesthetic And Gendered Transformations