The War Against Women

by Rita Segato

Book Overview

Recent decades of neoliberal rule have seen authoritarian turns in many governments, and these decades have also been marked by increasing violence against women. The systematic killing of women in Ciudad Ju rez, Mexico, has given way to a violent surge that is worldwide in its scope, concentrated in places where the state's traditional, sovereign functions have broken down. Femicide is no longer just an intimate event: it has become anonymous and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509562133
• ISBN13: 9781509562138
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 256 Pages