More than half a century after the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights defined what a human being is and is entitled to, Catharine
MacKinnon asks: Are women human yet? If women were regarded as
human, would they be sold into sexual slavery worldwide; veiled,
silenced, and imprisoned in homes; bred, and worked as menials for
little or no pay; stoned for sex outside marriage or burned within
it; mutilated genitally, impoverished economically, and mired in
illiteracy--all as a matter of course and without effective
recourse?
The cutting edge is where law and culture hurts, which is where
MacKinnon operates in these essays on the transnational status and
treatment of women. Taking her gendered critique of the state to
the international plane, ranging widely intellectually and
concretely, she exposes the consequences and significance of the
systematic maltreatment of women and its systemic condonation. And
she points toward fresh ways--social, legal, and political--of
targeting its toxic orthodoxies.
MacKinnon takes us inside the workings of nation-states, where
the oppression of women defines community life and distributes
power in society and government. She takes us to Bosnia-Herzogovina
for a harrowing look at how the wholesale rape and murder of women
and girls there was an act of genocide, not a side effect of war.
She takes us into the heart of the international law of conflict to
ask--and reveal--why the international community can rally against
terrorists' violence, but not against violence against women. A
critique of the transnational status quo that also envisions the
transforming possibilities of human rights, this bracing book makes
us look as never before at anongoing war too long undeclared.
General
| Imprint: |
The Belknap Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2007 |
| First published: |
October 2007 |
| Authors: |
Catharine A. MacKinnon
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 159 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
419 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-02555-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Law >
International law >
General
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| LSN: |
0-674-02555-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780674025554 |
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