Dangerous brown men : exploiting sex, violence and feminism in the war on terror /

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Author / Creator:Bhattacharyya, Gargi, 1964-
Imprint:London, UK : Zed Books, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 170 pages)
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11192102
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ISBN:9781842778784
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Summary:"Gargi Bhattacharyya considers how the concepts of imperialism, feminism, terror and security can be applied, in order to build on the influential debates about the sexualised character of colonialism. She examines the way in which western imperial violence has been associated with the rhetoric of rights and democracy - a project of bombing for freedom that has called into question the validity of western conceptions of democracy, rights and feminism." "Such rhetoric has given rise to actions that go beyond simply protecting western interests or securing access to scarce resources and appear to be beyond instrumental reason. The articulations of racism that appear with the War on Terror are animated by fears and sexual fantasies inexplicable by rational interest alone. There can be no resolution to this seemingly endless conflict without understanding the highly sexualised racism that animates it. Such an understanding threatens to pierce the heart of imperial relations, revealing their intense contradictions and uncovering attempts to normalise violent expropriation."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Bhattacharyya, Gargi, 1964- Dangerous brown men. London, UK : Zed Books, 2008
Standard no.:9786612048678