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  • “Unthinking” Sexual Violence in a Neoliberal Era of Spectacular Terror

    Article thumbnail: “Unthinking” Sexual Violence in a Neoliberal Era of Spectacular Terror
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    Description/Abstract:
    The article begins with a question about the value of revitalising the equation between sexual/intimate violence and terrorism in the current neoliberal/post-feminist political and epistemological landscape. We argue that the intensifying international interest in sexual violence, and an accompanying hyper-visual imagery, is implicated in the cauterisation of critical thought about sexual violence. We offer the more mobile and expansive concept of sexed violence to “unthink” dominant narratives that reproduce heteronormativity and white, Western hegemony. Through an analysis of the film Unwatchable, we consider why non-white raced bodies consistently materialise as less “comprehensible” as violatable than white bodies. We further suggest that a move to sexed violence can help to think more critically about both sexual violence and feminism.
    Creator/Author:
    Zalewski, Marysia and Runyan, Anne Sisson
    Submitter:
    Anne Runyan
    Date Uploaded:
    03/29/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/09/2016
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    All rights reserved