Kristin Bumiller
Auteur de In an Abusive State: How Neoliberalism Appropriated the Feminist Movement against Sexual Violence
A propos de l'auteur
Kristin Bumiller is Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College
Crédit image: from Amherst College faculty page
Œuvres de Kristin Bumiller
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Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Études
- Northwestern University (BA, MA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD) - Professions
- Professor of Political Science, Amherst University
Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst University
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Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 51
- Popularité
- #311,767
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 5
Drawing on archival research, individual case studies, testimonies of rape victims, and interviews with battered women, Bumiller raises fundamental concerns about the construction of sexual violence as a social problem. She describes how placing the issue of sexual violence on the public agenda has polarized gender- and race-based interests. She contends that as the social welfare state has intensified regulation and control, the availability of services for battered women and rape victims has become increasingly linked to their status as victims and their ability to recognize their problems in medical and psychological terms. Bumiller suggests that to counteract these tendencies, sexual violence should primarily be addressed in the context of communities and in terms of its links to social disadvantage. In an Abusive State is an impassioned call for feminists to reflect on how the co-optation of their movement by the neoliberal state creates the potential to inadvertently harm impoverished women and support punitive and racially based crime control efforts.… (plus d'informations)