{"product_id":"a-feminist-theory-of-violence-a-decolonial-perspective-9780745345673","title":"A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A robust, decolonial challenge to carceral feminism' - Angela Y. Davis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ***Winner of an English PEN Award 2022*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The mainstream conversation surrounding gender equality is a repertoire of violence: harassment, rape, abuse, femicide. These words suggest a cruel reality. But they also hide another reality: that of gendered violence committed with the complicity of the State. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Françoise Vergès denounces the carceral turn in the fight against sexism. By focusing on 'violent men', we fail to question the sources of their violence. There is no doubt as to the underlying causes: racial capitalism, ultra-conservative populism, the crushing of the Global South by wars and imperialist looting, the exile of millions and the proliferation of prisons - these all put masculinity in the service of a policy of death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Against the spirit of the times, Françoise Vergès refuses the punitive obsession of the State in favour of restorative justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFran?oise Verg?s is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWombs of Women.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Melissa Thackway is an independent researcher and translator. She lectures in African Cinema at Sciences-Po and INALCO in Paris. Her recent translations include \u003ci\u003eContemporary African Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e by Olivier Barlet, \u003ci\u003eTropical Dream Palaces: Cinema-Going in Colonial West Africa\u003c\/i\u003e by Odile Goerg and \u003ci\u003eAfrican Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e by Daniela Ricci.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718767087890,"sku":"9780745345673","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8721003f-b087-4325-8659-ce13f2b985bd.jpg?v=1737261976","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-feminist-theory-of-violence-a-decolonial-perspective-9780745345673","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}