Author: A/Prof Marinella Marmo
Abstract:
Systemic gendered violence at the borders of the Global North is perpetrated by state actors and their proxies, and yet remains mostly underdiscussed. This paper argues that it is not random, does not occur in a vacuum and is not at the whim of wayward officers. Rather, this gendered state violence is the expression of a patriarchal and hegemonic state that positions the woman at the border as out of place. Deploying performative and crimmigration theories, this paper unmasks the masculine agenda enacted at the border to reveal that its violent exhibition of power serves many purposes.
Bio: Associate Professor Marinella Marmo holds a PhD in Applied Social Science (University of Lancaster, UK) and an LLB Hons (Università di Salerno, Italy). She is a multiple award-winning tertiary education teacher and she has published extensively in the area of critical criminology and human rights, including the books: Narrating Injustice Survival (2018 Palgrave); Transnational Crime and Criminal Justice (2016 Sage); Race, Gender and the Body (2014 Palgrave); and Crime, Justice and Human Rights (2014 Palgrave Macmillan).