In an Abusive State : How Neoliberalism Appropriated the Feminist Movement against Sexual Violence
In an Abusive State puts forth a powerful argument: that the feminist campaign to stop sexual violence has entered into a problematic alliance with the neoliberal state. Kristin Bumiller chronicles the evolution of this alliance by examining the history of the anti-violence campaign, the production of cultural images about sexual violence, professional discourses on intimate violence, and the everyday lives of battered women. She also scrutinizes the rhetoric of high-profile rape trials and the expansion of feminist concerns about sexual violence into the international human
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Acknowledgments; Preface; The Sexual Violence Agenda: Feminists and the State; Gender War: The Cultural Representation of Sexual Violence; Expressive Justice: The Symbolic Function of the Gang Rape Trial; Administrative Injustice: The Growth of the Therapeutic State; Victim Insurgency: The State as a Dangerous Stranger; Universalizing Gender Justice: At Home and Abroad; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index