Perverse politics? Feminism, anti-Imperialism, multiplicity /

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In this special issue, we address what we refer to as 'perversity of the political' or 'perverse politics': namely, the assumptions political theory and movements, and in our specific case feminism, often make on behalf of their subjects, and how their subjects, in return, perfor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Orloff, Ann Shola (Editor), Ray, Raka (Editor), Savcı, Evren (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Political power and social theory ; volume 30.
Political power and social theory ; v. 30.
Subjects:
Feminism > Political aspects.
Féminisme > Aspect politique.
Political science and theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Perverse politics? feminism, anti-imperialism, multiplicity / Ann Shola Orloff, Raka Ray, Evren Savci
  • Perverse humanitarianism and the business of rescue: what's wrong with NGOs and what's right about the "Johns"? / Kimberly Kay Hoang
  • Redemptive capitalism and sexual investability / Elizabeth Bernstein
  • Troubling the subject of violence: the pacifist presumption, martial maternalism, and armed women in contemporary gun culture / Jennifer Carlson
  • Feminism/s in power: rethinking gender equality after the second wave / Ann Shola Orloff, Talia Schiff
  • Contextualizing the closet: naz, law, and sexuality in postcolonial India / Savina Balasubramanian
  • Subjects of rights and subjects of cruelty: the production of an Islamic backlash against homosexuality in Turkey / Evren Savci.

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