{"product_id":"sexual-violence-in-the-argentinean-crimes-against-humanity-trials-9781498510387","title":"Sexual Violence in the Argentinean Crimes against","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe origin of Sexual Violence in the Argentinean Crimes against Humanity Trials: Rethinking Victimhood can be found in the resistance that, using a traditional feminist perspective, alleges that testimonies of sexual violence in the context of Argentinian crimes against humanity trials inevitably re-victimize victims. It is our understanding that such interpretation not only forgets to pay attention to what victims have to say about their experiences but also bases its allegation on dualistic and patronizing conceptions of female agency. This book argues that the role of affect in the experiences of those women who decided to testify as well of those who refused to do it shows to be a useful tool in order to analyze the sexual violence issue from a thought-provoking and heterodox perspective. Cecilia Macón presents her argument through philosophical debates paired with testimonies of victims and analysis of works of art devoted to express these problems. Recommended for scholars of Lat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCecilia Macón is a brilliant representative of a new generation of philosophers in Latin America—politically-engaged, feminist, and informed by the latest critical theory in cultural studies.  Her analysis of sexual violence during the Argentinian military dictatorship brings new insights into the topic of victimage in the modern, bio-political treatment of the bodies of political subjects. -- Hayden White, University of California\u003cbr\u003eIn researching and writing this painful and timely book, Cecilia Macón is forced to reassess her preconceptions about gender, violence, subjectivity, survival, agency, victimhood, testimony and affects. In this brilliant examination of affect and sexual violence in the Argentine trials against humanity, Macón’s readers are made to reevaluate their own preconceptions in a reading experience that is as uncomfortable as it is rewarding. -- Andrea Noble, Durham University\u003cbr\u003eCecilia Macón’s insightful study of the accounts of sexual violence against female detenidas-desaparecidas during the last Argentine dictatorship sheds much-needed light on the complex emotions and queer temporalities of bearing witness to trauma. Rigorous, politically committed and provocative, this challenging book is essential reading for anyone interested not only in the legacies of state terror in Argentina, but also in the ways that these types of crimes against humanity are being exposed around the world. Macón’s original use of affect theory to challenge the victim\/agent dichotomy and to illustrate the empowering and emancipatory outcomes of the testimonies of the survivors and the affects attached to them (shame, hope, fear, anger, guilt), opens up new and important paths of enquiry for scholarship on post-authoritarian societies. -- Jordana Blejmar, University of Liverpool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents   Acknowledgements  Chapter 1 — Introduction: Ways of Surviving  Chapter 2 — On Time, Affect and Survival  Chapter 3 — Shame as Will  Chapter 4 — Hope, Touch and Joy as Resilience  Coda — This is not the End  References  About the Author","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040641319255,"sku":"9781498510387","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498510387.jpg?v=1750947364","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sexual-violence-in-the-argentinean-crimes-against-humanity-trials-9781498510387","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}