Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Terror in Literature and Cultur

This book offers a transnational feminist response to the gender politics of torture and terror. Deb draws widely on postcolonial literature, photography, film, music, media, and activism, joining the larger conversation about human rights by addressing the pervasive public misunderstanding of terrorism conditioned by a foreign and domestic poli

List of contents

Introduction: Gendering the Politics of Terror 1. The US War on Terror: Queerness, Imperial Women, and their "Sister" Outsiders 2. Zionist Settler Colonialism in Palestine/Israel: Gendering Refugee Narratives of Terrorism 3. Counterinsurgency Terror in Guatemala: An Indigenous Woman’s Testimonials 4. Caste Violence in India and its British Heritage: Writing Dalit Women’s Terrorized Lives 5. French Colonial Dictatorships and Postcolonial Algeria: Horror Stories by Women 6. Inheriting Terror: South African Women, Post-Apartheid Fictions, and Queer Politics Conclusion

About the author

Basuli Deb is Assistant Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US.

Summary

This book offers a transnational feminist response to the gender politics of torture and terror. Deb draws widely on postcolonial literature, photography, film, music, media, and activism, joining the larger conversation about human rights by addressing the pervasive public misunderstanding of terrorism conditioned by a foreign and domestic poli

Product details

• Authors: Basuli Deb, Deb Basuli
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367870539
• ISBN: 978-0-367-87053-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Terrorism, armed struggle, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: postcolonial literature