Zed Books imprint: 608 books

Anti-Porn

The Resurgence of Anti-Pornography Feminism

by Julia Long
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012

Anti-porn feminism is back. Countering the ongoing ‘pornification’ of Western culture and society, with lads’ mags on the middle shelf and lap-dancing clubs in residential areas, anti-porn movements are re-emerging among a new generation of feminist activists worldwide. This essential new guide...

Scroungers

Moral Panics and Media Myths

by James Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019

Scroungers, spongers, parasites … These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular scapegoat for all manner of social ills, under...

Gender, Violence and Security

Discourse as Practice

by Laura Shepherd
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013

How do understandings of the relationships between gender, violence, security and the international inform policy and practice in which these notions are central? What are the practical implications of basing policy on problematic discourses? In this highly original poststructural feminist critique,...

Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics

How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya

by Nanjala Nyabola
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018

From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western...

The Sexual History of the Global South

Sexual Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America

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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013

The Sexual History of the Global South explores the gap between sexuality studies and post-colonial cultural critique. Featuring twelve case studies, based on original historical and ethnographic research from countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the book examines the sexual investments underlying...

The Energy Glut

The Politics of Fatness in an Overheating World

by Ian Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013

World-wide, over a billion adults are overweight and 300 million are officially 'obese', more than 3,000 people die every day on the world's roads and global warming and war threaten our survival as a species. The Energy Glut tells the story of energy and how our abuse of fossil fuel energy links...
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