Rachel Massey
Biographic Data
| ID | 1578911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Massey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Massey |
| SIGNATURE | MASSEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9878-0812 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The borderwork of sexual violence in immigration detention
This article examines the intimate geopolitical work that sexual violence in detention does. Focusing on the United States, which has the largest immigration detention system in the world, this article first explores how sexual violence and the figure of the “foreign rapist” is discursively mobilised to justify the necessity of carceral bordering and racialised constructions of the nation. Second, it analyses the institutional policies and practi…
A Descriptive Analysis of the Most Viewed YouTube Videos Related to Teen Pregnancy
Ungendered Flesh
This article centres Hortense Spillers’ vocabulary of ‘flesh’, ‘ungendering’ and ‘pornotroping’ in order to analyse the racial grammars and continuing coloniality that informs Western engagements with sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Contextualising international interventions within a longer colonial history of gendered, sexualised and racialised violence, this article traces the modern industry that has developed around surv…
Remaining 'in-between' the divides? Conceptual, methodological, and ethical political dilemmas of engaged research in Critical Military Studies
Critical Military Studies (CMS) has emerged as an important subdiscipline in international security studies and an interdisciplinary field in its own right. In this article, we offer a close reading of foundational CMS literature to reveal its distinct approach to the critical study of military power. We argue this foundational literature is characterised by a commitment to a series of ‘in-between’ and 'engaged' positions on conceptual binaries b…
Reforming masculinity
Conflict-related sexual violence has become an increasingly visible issue for feminists as well as various international actors. One of the ways in which global policymakers have tried to tackle this violence is through addressing the violent masculinity of security sector forces. While such efforts have their roots in feminist analyses of militarized masculinity, this article seeks to contribute to the critical discourse on gender-sensitive secu…
It Just Had to Settle’
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate students’ developmental readiness to navigate dissonance and experience transformation as they engaged in an international service-learning program. Using case-study methodology, researchers collected data from a diverse group of 7 graduate students and 5 undergraduate students who participated in a predeparture course and 3-week program in Ecuador. Data were collected at 4 points in time:…
Just Sustainabilities
Remaining 'in-between' the divides? Conceptual, methodological, and ethical political dilemmas of engaged research in Critical Military Studies
Critical Military Studies (CMS) has emerged as an important subdiscipline in international security studies and an interdisciplinary field in its own right. In this article, we offer a close reading of foundational CMS literature to reveal its distinct approach to the critical study of military power. We argue this foundational literature is characterised by a commitment to a series of ‘in-between’ and 'engaged' positions on conceptual binaries b…
It Just Had to Settle’
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate students’ developmental readiness to navigate dissonance and experience transformation as they engaged in an international service-learning program. Using case-study methodology, researchers collected data from a diverse group of 7 graduate students and 5 undergraduate students who participated in a predeparture course and 3-week program in Ecuador. Data were collected at 4 points in time:…
Reforming masculinity
Conflict-related sexual violence has become an increasingly visible issue for feminists as well as various international actors. One of the ways in which global policymakers have tried to tackle this violence is through addressing the violent masculinity of security sector forces. While such efforts have their roots in feminist analyses of militarized masculinity, this article seeks to contribute to the critical discourse on gender-sensitive secu…
Just Sustainabilities
It Just Had to Settle’
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate students’ developmental readiness to navigate dissonance and experience transformation as they engaged in an international service-learning program. Using case-study methodology, researchers collected data from a diverse group of 7 graduate students and 5 undergraduate students who participated in a predeparture course and 3-week program in Ecuador. Data were collected at 4 points in time:…
Reforming masculinity
Conflict-related sexual violence has become an increasingly visible issue for feminists as well as various international actors. One of the ways in which global policymakers have tried to tackle this violence is through addressing the violent masculinity of security sector forces. While such efforts have their roots in feminist analyses of militarized masculinity, this article seeks to contribute to the critical discourse on gender-sensitive secu…
Remaining 'in-between' the divides? Conceptual, methodological, and ethical political dilemmas of engaged research in Critical Military Studies
Critical Military Studies (CMS) has emerged as an important subdiscipline in international security studies and an interdisciplinary field in its own right. In this article, we offer a close reading of foundational CMS literature to reveal its distinct approach to the critical study of military power. We argue this foundational literature is characterised by a commitment to a series of ‘in-between’ and 'engaged' positions on conceptual binaries b…
Ungendered Flesh
This article centres Hortense Spillers’ vocabulary of ‘flesh’, ‘ungendering’ and ‘pornotroping’ in order to analyse the racial grammars and continuing coloniality that informs Western engagements with sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Contextualising international interventions within a longer colonial history of gendered, sexualised and racialised violence, this article traces the modern industry that has developed around surv…
The borderwork of sexual violence in immigration detention
This article examines the intimate geopolitical work that sexual violence in detention does. Focusing on the United States, which has the largest immigration detention system in the world, this article first explores how sexual violence and the figure of the “foreign rapist” is discursively mobilised to justify the necessity of carceral bordering and racialised constructions of the nation. Second, it analyses the institutional policies and practi…
A Descriptive Analysis of the Most Viewed YouTube Videos Related to Teen Pregnancy
Gender, Security, and Conflict (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sexual violence (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Politics (2 works)