On Violence and On Violence Against Women
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- 13,99 €
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- 13,99 €
Publisher Description
A blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic.
'To read Rose is to understand that there is no border between us and the world; it is an invitation to a radical kind of responsibility.'
NEW YORK TIMES
'It's really hard for me to overestimate how important [Rose's] work has been for me . . . I don't feel like that about very many writers.'
MAGGIE NELSON, GRAND JOURNAL
'An immense achievement.' JUDE KELLY CBE
'Timeless.' HELEN PANKHURST CBE
Why has violence - particularly against women - become exponentially more prominent and visible across the world?
Tracking multiple forms of today's violence - ranging through trans rights and #MeToo; the suffragette movement and the sexual harassment faced by migrant women; and the sharp increase in domestic violence over the course of the pandemic - this blazing exploration is an agitation against injustice and a formidable call to action from a world-renowned feminist thinker.
'Rose explodes the myth that violence and misogyny only happens to other women.'
VAL McDERMID
'This book confirms Jacqueline Rose's position as one of the world's foremost public intellectuals.'
MARK GEVISSER
'A daring thinker, willing to make bold statements and take imaginative leaps.'
NEW STATESMAN
'Rose's work remains surprising and original . . . Her prose has the feel of spiraling in many directions; it is invigoratingly alive . . . necessary and as well as unique.'
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
'For anyone looking to educate themselves on this essential subject, start here and now.'
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Rose (Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty), a lecturer in history at the University of St. Andrews, probes the causes, meaning, and persistence of sexual violence in this thought-provoking essay collection. She discusses rape accusations against Harvey Weinstein and South African president Jacob Zuma in exploring the links between sexual harassment and violence, and argues that male fragility is at the root of sexual violence ("Harassment is ruthless, but it also carries a whiff of desperation about it"). Through detailed analysis of literary works by Temsula Ao, Roxane Gay, Eimear McBride, and others, Rose examines the language and psychology of violence and its role as a maintainer of inequity. She also notes that transsexual people are physically assaulted and killed at higher rates than the general population, and analyzes representations of trans identity in popular culture, including Caitlyn Jenner's 2015 appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair. Three chapters on South Africa explore the legacy of violence and the intersections between race, sex, trauma, political protest, and justice, and, in the final essay, Rose examines the degradation of female asylum seekers by immigration authorities in the U.S. and the U.K. Rose skillfully interweaves the work of Judith Butler, Hannah Arendt, and other philosophers into her dense yet lucid analysis, and shows flashes of sardonic humor. This is a precise and original exploration of an essential subject.