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Rape: A history from 1860 to the present by Joanna Bourke
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Joanna Bourke, author of the critically-acclaimed Fear, unflinchingly and controversially moves away from looking at victims to look at the rapists. She examines the nature of rape, drawing together the work of criminologists, sociologists and psychiatrists to analyse what drives the perpetrators of sex ...Show more
War and Art A Visual History of Modern Conflict by Joanna Bourke
$100.00 AUD
Category: War
In times of crisis, we often turn to artists for truth-telling and memory-keeping. There is no greater crisis than war, and in this sumptuously illustrated volume, we find a comprehensive visual, cultural, and historical account of the ways in which armed conflict has been represented by artists. Cover ...Show more
What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present by Joanna Bourke
$55.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Earnest Englishwoman', published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?' She protested that women were not treated as fully human; their status was worse than that of animals. What does it mean to be 'human' rather than 'animal'? If the Earnest Englishwoman had tu ...Show more
Wounding the World: How Military Violence and War-play Invades our Lives by Joanna Bourke
$45.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Wars are frequently justified 'in our name'. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, invading our dream space, entertaining us at the movies or in front of game consoles. Our taxes pay for those war machines. Our loved ones are killed and maimed. With killing now an integral ...Show more
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