Bodies of Violence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bodies of Violence write by Lauren B. Wilcox. This book was released on 2015. Bodies of Violence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. According to conventional international relations theory, states or groups make war and, in doing so, kill and injure people that other states are charged with protecting. While it sees the perpetrators of violence as rational actors, it views those who are either protected or killed by this violence as mere bodies: ahistorical humans who breathe, suffer and die but have no particular political agency. In its rationalist variants, IR theory only sees bodies as inert objects. Constructivist theory argues that subjects are formed through social relations, but leaves the bodies of subjects outside of politics, as "brute facts." According to Wilcox, such limited thinking about bodies and violence is not just wrong, but also limits the capacity of IR to theorize the meaning of political violence. By contrast to rationalist and constructivist theory, feminist theory sees subjectivity and the body as inextricably linked. This book argues that IR needs to rethink its approach to bodies as having particular political meaning in their own right. For example, bodies both direct violent acts (violence in drone warfare, for example) and are constituted by practices that manage violence (for example, scrutiny of persons as bodies through biometric technologies and body scanners). The book also argues that violence is more than a strategic action of rational actors (as in rationalist theories) or a destructive violation of community laws and norms (as in liberal and constructivist theories). Because IR theorizes bodies as outside of politics, it cannot see how violence can be understood as a creative force for shaping the limits of how we understand ourselves as political subjects, as well as forming the boundaries of our political communities. By engaging with feminist theories of embodiment and violence, Bodies of Violence provides a more nuanced treatment of the nexus of bodies, subjects and violence than currently exists in the field of international relations.
Violence and the Body
Violence and the Body - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Violence and the Body write by Arturo J. Aldama. This book was released on 2003-05-28. Violence and the Body available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title explores the relationship between subalternity, the discourse and technology of the body, and the rise and proliferation of racial, colonial, sexual, domestic, and state violence, examining the materiality of violence on the 'otherized' body.
Sex, Violence and the Body
Sex, Violence and the Body - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sex, Violence and the Body write by V. Burr. This book was released on 2008-10-30. Sex, Violence and the Body available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This unique book examines the relationship between wounding and sexuality, bringing together issues around sexuality, gender, power, violence and representations. Drawing on a range of disciplines including cultural and media studies, sociology and psychology, it explores social practices such as S&M, cosmetic surgery and 'extreme' sports.
Violence, Victims, Justifications
Violence, Victims, Justifications - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Violence, Victims, Justifications write by Felix Ó Murchadha. This book was released on 2006. Violence, Victims, Justifications available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Violence is a central issue of contemporary society at all levels, affecting human relationships from the most intimate to the most impersonal. But what is violence? Is violence justifiable? What relevance does the fate of the victim of violence have to such questions? To address these and similar questions, this volume brings together thinkers from a wide range of philosophical backgrounds who employ a rich variety of methods, ranging from the strictly analytic to the postmodern. They explore issues such as responsibility, provocation, violation, cruelty, self-determination and deception in attempting to understand violence in relation both to the suffering of its victims and the justifications offered by its perpetrators and their supporters. In exploring these issues the essays collected in this volume explore terrorism, rape, genocide and state-sponsored violence.
Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body
Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body write by Cassandra Jackson. This book was released on 2011-04-13. Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From early photographs of disfigured slaves to contemporary representations of bullet-riddled rappers, images of wounded black men have long permeated American culture. While scholars have fittingly focused on the ever-present figure of the hypermasculine black male, little consideration has been paid to the wounded black man as a persistent cultural figure. This book considers images of wounded black men on various stages, including early photography, contemporary art, hip hop, and new media. Focusing primarily on photographic images, Jackson explores the wound as a specular moment that mediates power relations between seers and the seen. Historically, the representation of wounded black men has privileged the viewer in service of white supremacist thought. At the same time, contemporary artists have deployed the figure to expose and disrupt this very power paradigm. Jackson suggests that the relationship between the viewer and the viewed is not so much static as fluid, and that wounds serve as intricate negotiations of power structures that cannot always be simplified into the condensed narratives of victims and victimizers. Overall, Jackson attempts to address both the ways in which the wound has been exploited to patrol and contain black masculinity, as well as the ways in which twentieth century artists have represented the wound to disrupt its oppressive implications
