Feminist Theory of Violence - A Decolonial Perspective

About the author

Françoise Vergès is a political scientist, activist, historian, film writer, and public educator. She is the author of A Decolonial Feminism, A Feminist History of Violence and A Programme of Absolute Disorder. She is also a senior research fellow at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, University College London. She lives in Paris.
Melissa Thackway is an independent researcher and translator. She lectures in African Cinema at Sciences-Po and INALCO in Paris. Her recent translations include A Feminist Theory of Violence by Françoise Vergès, Contemporary African Cinema by Olivier Barlet, Tropical Dream Palaces: Cinema-Going in Colonial West Africa by Odile Goerg and African Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction by Daniela Ricci.

Product details

• Authors: Francoise Verges, Françoise Vergès
• Assisted by: Melissa (Sciences-Po Thackway (Translation), Thackway Melissa (Translation)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2022
• EAN: 9780745345680
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4568-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Social discrimination & inequality, Feminism & feminist theory, Colonialism and imperialism, Violence in society, Gender studies: women, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Violence and abuse in society, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General