Introduction to Feminist Formations Special Issue: Feminists Interrogate States of Emergency

The authors in this special issue provide a context for critical analyses of how state of emergency narratives are produced, whether they are about economic scarcity, morality under siege, immigration, public health anxieties, sexual violence, or criminality. Socially constituted problems like viole...

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Published inNWSA journal Vol. 25; no. 2; p. VII
Main Authors Bystydzienski, Jill M, Suchland, Jennifer, Wanzo, Rebecca
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.07.2013
Subjects
Asian Americans
Citizenship
Documentary films
Emergencies
Feminism
Foreign policy
Gender
Immigration policy
National security
Political activism
Politics
Trauma
Violence
Women
United States > US
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Summary:The authors in this special issue provide a context for critical analyses of how state of emergency narratives are produced, whether they are about economic scarcity, morality under siege, immigration, public health anxieties, sexual violence, or criminality. Socially constituted problems like violence against women are securitized and militarized when they are taken on as part of "doing security." [...]the emergency of violence against women becomes a vehicle for executing US foreign policy at the expense of women's well-being.
ISSN:2151-7363
2151-7371