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"How Is White Supremacy Embodied? Sexualized Racial Violence at Abu Ghraib.".(WOMEN AND THE LAW/FEMME ET DROIT)(Brief article)

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| September 22, 2007 | Razack, Sherene H. | COPYRIGHT 2007 O.I.S.E. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

This article explores what we can learn from Abu Ghraib about how empire is embodied and how it comes into existence through multiple systems of domination. In the first part, the author discusses the role of visual practices and the making of racial hierarchies, a consideration made necessary by the 1,800 photos of torture. In the second part, she considers the violence as a ritual that enables white men to achieve a sense of mastery over the racial other, at the same time that it provides a sexualized intimacy forbidden in white supremacy and patriarchy. In the third part, she considers the role of white women at Abu Ghraib, women's participation ...

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