Interventions Activists and Academics Respond to Violence
This collection brings together top scholars to discuss the significance of violence from a global perspective and the intersections between the global structures of violence and more localized and intimate forms of violence. Activists and academics consi
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Interventions ACTIVISTS AND ACADEMICS RESPOND TO VIOLENCE Edited by Elizabeth A. Castelli and Janet R. Jakobsen
INTERVENTIONS: ACTIVISTS AND ACADEMICS RESPOND TO VIOLENCE Copyright © Elizabeth A. Castelli and Janet R. Jakobsen, 2004. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2004 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-4039-6582-0 ISBN 978-1-4039-8156-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403981561 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Interventions : activists and academics respond to violence / edited by Elizabeth A. Castelli and Janet R. Jakobsen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Violence—Congresses. 2. Violence—Prevention—Congresses. 3. Feminist theory—Congresses. I. Castelli, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Anne), 1958II. Jakobsen, Janet R., 1960HM1116.I67 2004 303.6’082—dc22 2004048369 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Autobookcomp. First edition: November 2004 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Feminists Responding to Violence: Theories, Vocabularies, and Strategies Elizabeth A. Castelli
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PART I: TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT 1. Feminism in the Time of Violence Karen Beckman
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2. The Wrong Victims: Terrorism, Trauma, and Symbolic Violence Sally Bachner
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3. Definitions and Injuries of Violence Meredeth Turshen
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4. Filling the Sight by Force: A Meditation on the Violence of the Vernacular Laura Wexler
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5. Rethinking Responses to Violence, Rethinking the Safety of ‘‘Home’’ Andrea Smith
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6. Violence of Protection Minoo Moallem
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7. Is Secularism Less Violent than Religion? Janet R. Jakobsen
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PART II: VIOLENCE AND THE U.S. POLITICAL REGIME 8. Biblical Promise and Threat in U.S. Imperialist Rhetoric, Before and After 9/11 Erin Runions
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9. The Best Defense? The Problem with Bush’s ‘‘Preemptive’’ War Strategy Neta C. Crawford
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10. The Erosion of Democracy in Advancing the Bush Administration’s Iraq Agenda: Government Lies and Misinformation and Media Complicity Jody Williams
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PART III: CONTEXTS AND LOCATIONS OF VIOLENCE 11. Naming Enmity: The Case of Israel/Palestine Gil Anidjar 12. Toward a Cherokee Theory of Violence Laura E. Donaldson 13. Dangerous Crossings: Violence at the Borders Lois Ann Lorentzen 14. Domestic Terror Catherine Lutz and Jon Elliston 15. Testifying to Violence: Gujarat as a State of Exception
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