Banerjee, PallaviNasiri, Pedrom2021-04-192021-04-192021-03-04Banerjee, P. & Nasiri, P. (2021). Gender and Law Through the Lens of Land, Hunger and Terror. In Valverde, M., Clarke, K., Darian-Smith, E., & Kotiswaran, P. (Eds.). (2021). Routledge Handbook of Law and Society. doi:10.4324/97804292933069780429293306http://hdl.handle.net/1880/113267https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43661"This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in Routledge Handbook of Law and Society on 2021-03-04, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780429293306In this chapter, the authors approach the concept of gender and its relationship to the law from the perspective of 'southern theory'. Working from this standpoint, they will introduce three themes: gendered contestation over land; the gendered politics of hunger; and the social analysis of terror and queer subjectivities. In an important collection of Aboriginal writings in Australia, called Our Land is Our Life, Marcia Langton argues that in the face of colonial violence, women's system of law and older women's ties to place were crucial to community survival. Carter argues that, as such, the duties of Indigenous women as kin-persons, wives, or mothers become incomprehensible under the settler-colonial system without reference to law and legal categories. The combination of a 'southern theory' perspective with an intersectional gender analysis reveals how law shapes land rights; controls access to food for women; and configures terror, especially in the interactions of the Global South with the North.engUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.GenderLawSouthern TheoryTerrorHungerLandbook parthttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429293306