Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitions of Torture
Front Cover -- Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitions of Torture -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Outline of Book -- Introduction: Why 'Torture and Torturous Violence'? --...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol
Bristol University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Front Cover -- Torture and Torturous Violence: Transcending Definitions of Torture -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Outline of Book -- Introduction: Why 'Torture and Torturous Violence'? -- Introduction -- Outlining key legal definitions of torture -- Addressing the complexities of torture and torturous violence -- Methods and methodologies -- A note on positionality and debates on the legitimacy of torture -- Structure of this book -- 1 Outlining the Definitional Boundaries of 'Torture' -- Introduction -- 'Torture': definitional developments and limitations -- Moving towards three epistemological perspectives -- 1. Orthodox legalism (strictly following legal conventions) -- Role of the state -- Systematic physical and psychological violence -- Adhering to legal conventions, including changing as they evolve -- 2. Legalist hybridity (taking a flexible approach between the application of legal conventions and wider definitions of torture and trauma) -- The archetypal narrative: multifarious forms of violence can be torture, but torture is separately definable -- Motivation matters - so does severity and impact -- Survivor narratives do not always encompass the term 'torture', regardless of legal definitions -- 3. Experiential epistemologies (building knowledge on experiences of survivors) -- Defined by experience -- Definitions of torture may be organizationally bound to legal norms, but not bound to individual perspectives -- Where does 'torture' take place? Gendering torturous spatiality -- Torture as a social contract -- Group torture, witnessing and surveillance -- The employment of medical practitioners and psychologists -- Multiple perpetrator rape -- The expanding realms and recognitions of torture -- Conclusion. "There is growing acknowledgement that torture is too narrowly defined in law, and that psychological and/or sexualised violence against women is not adequately recognized as torture. Clearly conceptualising torturous violence, this book offers scholars and practitioners critical reflections on how torture is defined and the implications that narrow definitions may have on survivors. Drawing on over a decade of research and interviews with psychologists, practitioners and women seeking asylum, it sets out the implications of the social silencing of torture, and torturous violence specifically. It invites us to consider alternative ways to understand and address the impacts of physical, sexualized and psychological abuses"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (197 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781529218459 |