Linda Åhäll
Biographic Data
| ID | 273433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Åhäll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Åhäll |
| SIGNATURE | ÅHÄLL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keele University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4051-0614 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 241 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Introduction: From Peace to War
Feeling Everyday IR: Embodied, affective, militarising movement as choreography of war
This article explores affective, embodied encounters between military and civilian bodies in the everyday as choreography of war. It argues that by paying attention to the intersecting political sphere of bodies, affect and movement – through the metaphor of ‘dance’ – we are not only able to understand how security operates as a logic reproducing the militarisation of the everyday, but also able to identify a representational gap, an aesthetic po…
Affect as Methodology: Feminism and the Politics of Emotion1
International relations scholars are increasingly paying attention to “the emotional” as a way to understand global politics. What is often missing from these conversations is feminist knowledge on affect, and also discussions about methodology. By presenting a feminist methodological approach to the affective-discursive to analyze the politics of emotion, this paper aims to fill this gap. It starts by discussing feminist critiques of the “affect…
The dance of militarisation: A Feminist Security Studies Take on 'The Political
Intrigued about a political puzzle of militarisation, the argument presented here is built on three anchoring concepts that, combined, demonstrate what a feminist security studies take on ‘the political’ can offer: it involves a focus on the everyday as the site where the political puzzle is found; ‘dance’ is used as a methodological metaphor to explain what the political puzzle of militarisation is; and ‘family’ is the gendered analytical concep…
Emotions, Politics and War
1. Introduction: Mapping emotions, politics and war - Linda Ahall and Thomas Gregory A. Researching Emotions 2. The remains of the day - Brian Massumi, 3. Stories of pain and longing: reflecting on emotion, boundaries and feminism through Carrie Mathison and Carrie White - Marysia Zalewski 4. Human dignity, basal emotion and a global emotionology - Karin M. Fierke 5. Embodiment, emotions, and materialism in International Relations - Ty Solomon 6.…
Sexing War/Policing Gender: Motherhood, Myth and Women's Political Violence
Security, emotions, affect
In her influential essay ‘The Passion of World Politics’ (2000), Neta Crawford argued that emotions have been neglected in the study of global politics, although they actively shaped the world arou
Motherhood, Myth and Gendered Agency in Political Violence
By building on theoretical insights from poststructuralist feminism and Roland Barthes' mythology framework, this article is offering a nuanced understanding of female agency in political violence by engaging with the visual and the cultural, by using a broader definition of agency in political violence and by analysing what gendered representations of war mean at the domestic level. In the first part of the article, the Myth of Motherhood is con…
The Personal is Not Political: At Least in the UK's Top Politics and IR Departments
Through mapping the provision of teaching gender and sexuality studies on politics/political science and international relations (IR) programmes, this article asserts that the top-ranked politics and IR departments in the UK offer very little provision of such teaching. We argue that this lack of gender and, more so, sexuality teaching is highly problematic for the discipline. Moreover, we suggest that the lack of such provision is not reflective…
The writing of heroines: Motherhood and female agency in political violence
This article explores the way in which female agency in political violence is enabled through gender. It looks at two examples of heroine stories – the cases of British Navy sailor Faye Turney and the popular film Female Agents (2008) – to illustrate how female agency in political violence is constructed at the expense of motherhood. The article argues that representations of female agency in political violence involve a tension between a life-gi…
Affect as Methodology: Feminism and the Politics of Emotion1
International relations scholars are increasingly paying attention to “the emotional” as a way to understand global politics. What is often missing from these conversations is feminist knowledge on affect, and also discussions about methodology. By presenting a feminist methodological approach to the affective-discursive to analyze the politics of emotion, this paper aims to fill this gap. It starts by discussing feminist critiques of the “affect…
Feeling Everyday IR: Embodied, affective, militarising movement as choreography of war
This article explores affective, embodied encounters between military and civilian bodies in the everyday as choreography of war. It argues that by paying attention to the intersecting political sphere of bodies, affect and movement – through the metaphor of ‘dance’ – we are not only able to understand how security operates as a logic reproducing the militarisation of the everyday, but also able to identify a representational gap, an aesthetic po…
The dance of militarisation: A Feminist Security Studies Take on 'The Political
Intrigued about a political puzzle of militarisation, the argument presented here is built on three anchoring concepts that, combined, demonstrate what a feminist security studies take on ‘the political’ can offer: it involves a focus on the everyday as the site where the political puzzle is found; ‘dance’ is used as a methodological metaphor to explain what the political puzzle of militarisation is; and ‘family’ is the gendered analytical concep…
The writing of heroines: Motherhood and female agency in political violence
This article explores the way in which female agency in political violence is enabled through gender. It looks at two examples of heroine stories – the cases of British Navy sailor Faye Turney and the popular film Female Agents (2008) – to illustrate how female agency in political violence is constructed at the expense of motherhood. The article argues that representations of female agency in political violence involve a tension between a life-gi…
Motherhood, Myth and Gendered Agency in Political Violence
By building on theoretical insights from poststructuralist feminism and Roland Barthes' mythology framework, this article is offering a nuanced understanding of female agency in political violence by engaging with the visual and the cultural, by using a broader definition of agency in political violence and by analysing what gendered representations of war mean at the domestic level. In the first part of the article, the Myth of Motherhood is con…
The Personal is Not Political: At Least in the UK's Top Politics and IR Departments
Through mapping the provision of teaching gender and sexuality studies on politics/political science and international relations (IR) programmes, this article asserts that the top-ranked politics and IR departments in the UK offer very little provision of such teaching. We argue that this lack of gender and, more so, sexuality teaching is highly problematic for the discipline. Moreover, we suggest that the lack of such provision is not reflective…
Security, emotions, affect
In her influential essay ‘The Passion of World Politics’ (2000), Neta Crawford argued that emotions have been neglected in the study of global politics, although they actively shaped the world arou
Introduction: From Peace to War
Motherhood, Myth and Gendered Agency in Political Violence
By building on theoretical insights from poststructuralist feminism and Roland Barthes' mythology framework, this article is offering a nuanced understanding of female agency in political violence by engaging with the visual and the cultural, by using a broader definition of agency in political violence and by analysing what gendered representations of war mean at the domestic level. In the first part of the article, the Myth of Motherhood is con…
The Personal is Not Political: At Least in the UK's Top Politics and IR Departments
Through mapping the provision of teaching gender and sexuality studies on politics/political science and international relations (IR) programmes, this article asserts that the top-ranked politics and IR departments in the UK offer very little provision of such teaching. We argue that this lack of gender and, more so, sexuality teaching is highly problematic for the discipline. Moreover, we suggest that the lack of such provision is not reflective…
The writing of heroines: Motherhood and female agency in political violence
This article explores the way in which female agency in political violence is enabled through gender. It looks at two examples of heroine stories – the cases of British Navy sailor Faye Turney and the popular film Female Agents (2008) – to illustrate how female agency in political violence is constructed at the expense of motherhood. The article argues that representations of female agency in political violence involve a tension between a life-gi…
Security, emotions, affect
In her influential essay ‘The Passion of World Politics’ (2000), Neta Crawford argued that emotions have been neglected in the study of global politics, although they actively shaped the world arou
Emotions, Politics and War
1. Introduction: Mapping emotions, politics and war - Linda Ahall and Thomas Gregory A. Researching Emotions 2. The remains of the day - Brian Massumi, 3. Stories of pain and longing: reflecting on emotion, boundaries and feminism through Carrie Mathison and Carrie White - Marysia Zalewski 4. Human dignity, basal emotion and a global emotionology - Karin M. Fierke 5. Embodiment, emotions, and materialism in International Relations - Ty Solomon 6.…
Sexing War/Policing Gender: Motherhood, Myth and Women's Political Violence
The dance of militarisation: A Feminist Security Studies Take on 'The Political
Intrigued about a political puzzle of militarisation, the argument presented here is built on three anchoring concepts that, combined, demonstrate what a feminist security studies take on ‘the political’ can offer: it involves a focus on the everyday as the site where the political puzzle is found; ‘dance’ is used as a methodological metaphor to explain what the political puzzle of militarisation is; and ‘family’ is the gendered analytical concep…
Feeling Everyday IR: Embodied, affective, militarising movement as choreography of war
This article explores affective, embodied encounters between military and civilian bodies in the everyday as choreography of war. It argues that by paying attention to the intersecting political sphere of bodies, affect and movement – through the metaphor of ‘dance’ – we are not only able to understand how security operates as a logic reproducing the militarisation of the everyday, but also able to identify a representational gap, an aesthetic po…
Affect as Methodology: Feminism and the Politics of Emotion1
International relations scholars are increasingly paying attention to “the emotional” as a way to understand global politics. What is often missing from these conversations is feminist knowledge on affect, and also discussions about methodology. By presenting a feminist methodological approach to the affective-discursive to analyze the politics of emotion, this paper aims to fill this gap. It starts by discussing feminist critiques of the “affect…
Introduction: From Peace to War
Political science (9 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)