Securing the nation through the politics of sexual violence: tracing resonances between Delhi and Cologne.
Postcolonial and black feminist scholars have long cautioned against the dangerous proximity between the politics of sexual violence and the advancement of nationalist and imperial projects. In this article, we uncover what it is in particular about efforts to address sexual violence that makes them...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 96; no. 5; pp. 1189 - 1209 |
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