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A Field Guide for Female Interrogators Paperback – May 1, 2008

by Coco Fusco (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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The world was shocked by the images that emerged from Abu Ghraib, the US-controlled prison in Iraq. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male prisoners, became first a scapegoat and then a victim who was "just following orders." Ignored were the more elemental questions of how women are functioning within conservative power structures of government and the military. Why do the military and the CIA use female sexuality as an interrogation tactic, and why is this tactic downplayed and even ignored in internal investigations of prisoner abuse?
Combining an art project with critical commentary, Coco Fusco imaginatively addresses the role of women in the war on terror and explores how female sexuality is being used as a weapon against suspected Islamic terrorists. Using details drawn from actual accounts of detainee treatment in US military prisons, Fusco conceives a field guide of instructional drawings that prompts urgent questions regarding the moral dilemma of torture in general and the use of female sexuality specifically. Fusco assesses what these matters suggest about how the military and the state use sex, sexuality, and originally feminist notions of sexual freedom.
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    144 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Seven Stories Press
  4. Publication date
    May 1, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    5.28 x 0.37 x 7.48 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1583227806
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1583227800
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In this fascinating pastiche of text, performance and illustration, artist Fusco goes undercover at a military interrogation training camp, unearths confidential FBI memos and channels Virginia Woolf as she investigates the use of female sexual aggression as an interrogation tactic authorized by the Pentagon, called Invasion of Space by a Female.. Fusco chillingly recounts how female officers and soldiers at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay endorsed and participated in the abuse and sexual humiliation of prisoners. According to Fusco, these soldiers cannot be dismissed as a few bad apples, but must be recognized as the products of an entertainment culture that depicts torture as effective and even sexy, and a military culture that embraces sexual and cultural stereotypes. Fusco chides feminists who have remained silent about the issue, saying, It is high time that we recognize that it is nothing short of a lie to frame American women's experience exclusively in terms of powerlessness. In the intercultural theater of military torture scenarios and in the exercise of global power as Americans, women are called upon and agree to act in public capacities as aggressors, frequently by making strategic use of their femininity. Fusco confronts her deeply disturbing material with unflinching bravery and characteristic originality. (May)
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“Fusco confronts her deeply disturbing material with unflinching bravery and characteristic originality.” –Publishers Weekly

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seven Stories Press (May 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1583227806
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1583227800
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.28 x 0.37 x 7.48 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2018
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I've seen Operation Atropos, and Fusco talk a about it, and this provides a lucid and challenging critique of gender politics, military power, co-option,
collaboration and the agency of women in the process of interrogation. It also provides an insight into the practices of interrogation, but that isn't the heart of it.
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E Wolstenholme
3.0 out of 5 stars Specialist subject but very thought provoking
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2014
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It's ok. A specialised field, but very intersting and thought provoking from the perspective of a woman in this field.
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