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In this chapter Lugo-Lugo and Bloodsworth-Lugo maintain that feminism “after” 9/11 should not proceed via the same language and frameworks utilized in a pre-9/11 setting, given the relentless project of the United States to secure itself against (terroristic) threats and the emergence of specific technologies in support of these ends. The authors see this emergence as promoting old and new ideologies informed by and through the 9/11 project, which includes: the creation of key governmental institutions and policies; three war efforts; the housing and management of terrorist and/or threatening bodies; renewed nativist efforts; a paradigm shift in air travel; and governmental rhetoric justifying these efforts. The project has created a contradiction around women’s bodies as both a site of radical danger and a reminder of unwanted (national) vulnerability.
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Bloodsworth-Lugo, M.K., Lugo-Lugo, C.R. (2017). Women’s Bodies and Feminism “After” 9/11. In: Feminism after 9/11. Breaking Feminist Waves. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54582-4_1
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