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Beyond mothers, monsters, whores

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When we discuss violent acts committed by women, our responses are almost always rooted in deeply gendered assumptions about women. We express surprise and shock that a woman could be capable of such an act--a reaction that relies on a long history of unspoken assumptions about what is proper behavior for a woman. The authors begin by demonstrating the crucial interdependence of the individual and international levels of global politics in the lives of violent women--but they then show how this interdependence is inaccurately depicted, or ignored altogether, in public, political, or media discussions of women's violence.

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1. Introduction: A Woman Did That? -- 2. Seeing Gender In Theories Of People's Political Violence -- 3. Seeing women's extralegal violence -- 4. Saving, Supporting And Supplicating: The Mother Narrative -- 5. Femininity Gone Awry: The Monster Narrative -- 6. Sex/Violence: The Whore Narrative -- 7. Conclusion: Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores.

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Gentry, Caron E. Beyond mothers, monsters, whores

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:18:37.286706+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23982414

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
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