More in common

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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2148024
AutoresHannah Jones (0000-0002-2508-0284, University of Warwick, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume42
Fascículo14
Páginas2431-2449
Data de publicação2019-10-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2019.1577474
OpenAlexW2914140095
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências 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