More in common

The domestication of misogynist white supremacy and the assassination of Jo Cox

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2148024
AutoresHannah Jones (0000-0002-2508-0284, University of Warwick, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen42
Número14
Páginas2431-2449
Fecha de publicación2019-10-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2019.1577474
OpenAlexW2914140095
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas17

This article considers responses to the murder of a British Member of Parliament, Jo Cox, in June 2016. Cox, a white woman, was assassinated by a white supremacist whose violent hatred extended to white people he deemed 'collaborators' and who also exhibited strong misogyny. Cox is remembered for the message in her first speech to Parliament ('we have more in common than that which divides us') and a 'More in Common' campaign was established in her memory. The article situates Cox's assassination alongside other recent attacks on female, feminist, and racially minoritised political leaders in the UK. Considering feminist and colonial resonances of domestication, the article argues that while the message of 'more in common' holds appeal, the figuring of Cox as foremost a (white) wife and mother has prevented a political confrontation with the misogynist white supremacy of the society in which this violence occurs

Appeal · Criminology · Hatred · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · White (mutation · White supremacy · Wife · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law