TY - BOOK

T1 - Mothers, Monsters, Whores

T2 - Women's Violence in Global Politics

AU - Sjoberg, Laura

AU - Gentry, Caron

PY - 2007/10/15

Y1 - 2007/10/15

N2 - This book provides an empirical study of women's violence in global politics. The book looks at military women who engage in torture; the Chechen 'Black Widows '; Middle Eastern suicide bombers; and the women who directed and participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. Sjoberg & Gentry analyze the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which these women are conventionally depicted, arguing that these are rooted in assumptions about what is "appropriate" female behavior.What these stereotypes have in common is that they all perceive women as having no agency in any sphere of life.

AB - This book provides an empirical study of women's violence in global politics. The book looks at military women who engage in torture; the Chechen 'Black Widows '; Middle Eastern suicide bombers; and the women who directed and participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. Sjoberg & Gentry analyze the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which these women are conventionally depicted, arguing that these are rooted in assumptions about what is "appropriate" female behavior.What these stereotypes have in common is that they all perceive women as having no agency in any sphere of life.

KW - gender

KW - agency

KW - women's violence

KW - political science

KW - international relations

KW - criminology

KW - feminist IR

KW - feminist theory

M3 - Book

SN - 9781842778661

BT - Mothers, Monsters, Whores

PB - Zed Books

CY - London

ER -