Interrogating Imperialism Conversations on Gender, Race, and War

by Inayatullah, Naeem; Riley, Robin L.

• ISBN13: 9781403974624
• ISBN10: 1403974624
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-12
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This collection of multiple perspectives on the " war on terror" and the new imperialism provides a depth of analysis. Looking at the imperialism and the " war on terror" through a lens focused on gender and race, the contributors expose the limitations of the current popular discourse and help to uncover possibilities not yet apparent in that same discourse.

Author Biography

Robin Riley is Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at SUNY College at Plattsburgh. Naeem Inayatuallah is Associate Professor of Politics at Ithaca College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Cynthia Enloe
1. Introduction	1	(14)
Naeem Inayatullah and Robin L. Riley
2. Bandung Women: Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Necessary Risks of Solidarity	15	(36)
Elisabeth Armstrong and Vijay Prashad
3. Shame and Rage: International Relations and the World School of Colonialism	51	(12)
Himadeep Muppidi
4. Patriotism in the U.S. Peace Movement: The Limits of Nationalist Resistance to Global Imperialism	63	(38)
Shampa Biswas
5. Déjà Vu: The Fantasy of Benign Military Rule in Pakistan	101	(28)
Ayesha Khan
6. Bewildered? Women's Studies and the War on Terror	129	(26)
Monisha Das Gupta
7. Trading Places: Juxtaposing South Africa and the United States	155	(28)
Hannah Britton
8. Valiant, Vicious, or Virtuous? Representation, and the Problem of Women Warriors	183	(24)
Robin L. Riley
9. Not Just (Any)body Can Be a Patriot: "Homeland" Security as Empire Building	207	(34)
M. Jacqui Alexander
Afterword: Newly Seeing	241	(4)
Zillah Eisenstein
Contributors	245	(2)
Index	247