Bibliograph

Death in the shape of a young girl, women's political violence in the Red Army Faction, Patricia Melzer

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Death in the shape of a young girl, women's political violence in the Red Army Faction, Patricia Melzer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Death in the shape of a young girl

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

893452372

Responsibility statement

Patricia Melzer

Series statement

Gender and political violence series

Sub title

women's political violence in the Red Army Faction

Table Of Contents

Introduction: "An excess of women's emancipation" : gender, political violence, and feminist politics -- The other half of the sky : revolutionary violence, the RAF, and the autonomous women's movement -- "Between a rock and a hard place" : the "betrayal" of motherhood among the women of the RAF and Movement 2nd June -- "Terrorist girls" and "wild furies" : feminist responses to media representations of women terrorists during the "German Autumn" of 1977 -- The gendered politics of starving : (state) power and the body as locus of political subjectivities in the RAF hunger strikes -- "We women are the better half of humanity anyway" : revolutionary politics, feminism, and memory in the writings of female terrorists -- Conclusion: "Can political violence be feminist?"

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