In Pursuit of a Monster

Militarisation and (In)Security in Northern Uganda

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3948745
AutoresNicole Laliberté (Pennsylvania State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume18
Fascículo4
Páginas875-894
Data de publicação2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2013.780034
OpenAlexW1969909261
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4

Through a feminist geopolitical analysis, this article interrogates the role of monster narratives in producing geographic imaginaries of difference and lived experiences of insecurity in northern Uganda. Building upon theories of monsters as cultural imaginaries, I argue that state and non-state actors evoke colonial-era constructions of difference to construct Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), as a monster to support contemporary geopolitical agendas. By troubling state-based definitions of security, this article disputes the idea that security practices predicated on the defeat of a monster translate into increased security for those most directly affected by the violence of the monster. Additionally, this article discusses alternative narratives circulating in northern Uganda that offer different readings of Kony's role in the cycles of violence that have ravaged the region. These narratives, when viewed through a feminist geopolitical lens, challenge the monster imaginary and, with it, the geopolitics of militarisation

Geopolitics · Literature · Monster · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues

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