Democracy’s Subjections - Colonial Modernity and the Gendered Subject of Violence

An authoritative, interdisciplinary, intersectional theory of how postcolonial capitalist democracies reproduce the gendered violence essential to colonial rule

About the author

Lyn Ossome is Director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University, Uganda, where she is also Associate Professor.

Product details

• Authors: Lyn Ossome
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781350545236
• ISBN: 978-1-350-54523-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Colonialism & imperialism, Political structures: democracy, Feminism & feminist theory, Violence in society, Feminism and feminist theory, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Violence and abuse in society, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies