Killed in the USA
Femicide as State-Authorized Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15030360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sumru Atuk (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 413-448 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Event (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-311X • E-ISSN: 2572-6633 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tae.2023.a901572 |
| OpenAlex | W4383955789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Lethal racist violence is a definitive feature of the United States' past and present. America—where over 1,500 women are killed annually—also has a femicide problem, although it is not as prominent in public and scholarly debates. This article theorizes the roles that institutional actors play in allowing lethal racist and sexist violence in the US, examining the relational dynamics among the state, perpetrators, and victims. Drawing upon the theories and critiques of biopolitics, I call this exercise of state power letting kill and illustrate how it operates by increasing the vulnerability of marginalized populations to premature death in contexts where they are already systematically killed. In the US, this becomes especially clear when we pay attention to Black femicide
Biopower · Computer security · Criminology · Domestic violence · Femicide · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Suicide prevention · Vulnerability (computing · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Medicine · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |