The Fear of Child Sexuality: Young People, Sex, and Agency, by Steven Angelides Joanna Bourke is impressed by a bold attempt to shed light on one of the last taboos Joanna Bourke 8月 22日
States of Terror: History, Theory, Literature, by David Simpson Joanna Bourke has reservations about an attempt to track the changing meanings of terror Joanna Bourke 5月 30日
Torture, by Donatella Di Cesare Book of the week: An important study of barbarism calls for citizens to be vigilant and to resist, says Joanna Bourke Joanna Bourke 9月 20日
Empire of Sentiment: The Death of Livingstone and the Myth of Victorian Imperialism, by Joanna Lewis Book of the week: Joanna Bourke on a study of the ‘maelstrom of radical feeling’ that was the British Empire Joanna Bourke 3月 22日
From Byron to bin Laden: A History of Foreign War Volunteers, by Nir Arielli Joanna Bourke muses over the motivations of those who leave home to fight in conflicts abroad. Are they terrorists or principled idealists? Joanna Bourke 1月 11日
Agonistic Mourning: Political Dissidence and the Women in Black, by Athena Athanasiou Joanna Bourke on a powerful meditation on the politics of mourning focusing on the Women in Black of Belgrade Joanna Bourke 8月 10日
A Heavy Reckoning: War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond, by Emily Mayhew Book of the week: Joanna Bourke on the gruelling truths faced by injured soldiers, and their carers and families Joanna Bourke 6月 29日
A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain, by Christina Crosby Joanna Bourke on a memoir focusing on secrets, grief and desire following a life-changing accident Joanna Bourke 5月 5日
