Gender violence : a cultural perspective / Sally Engle Merry.
2009
HV6250.4.W65 M477 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Gender violence : a cultural perspective / Sally Engle Merry.
ISBN
9780631223597 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0631223592 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780631223580 (alk. paper)
0631223584 (alk. paper)
0631223592 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780631223580 (alk. paper)
0631223584 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., c2009.
Language
English
Description
vii, 211 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
HV6250.4.W65 M477 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.88
Summary
From the Publisher: Taking an anthropological perspective, this comprehensive book offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and important directions in intervention and reform. Uses stories, personal accounts, case studies and a global perspective to provide a vivid and engaging portrait of forms of violence in gendered relationships. Extensively covers many forms of gender violence including domestic violence, rape, murder, wartime sexual assault, prison and police violence, female genital cutting, dowry murders, female infanticide, "honor" killings, and sex trafficking. Examines major approaches to diminishing gender violence such as criminalization, batterer retraining programs, and human rights interventions. Highlights the role of social movements in defining the problem and mobilizing reforms in the US and internationally.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-205) and index.
Series
Introductions to engaged anthropology.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1: Introduction
2: Gender violence and social movements
3: Punishment, safety, and reform: interventions in domestic violence
4: Gender violence as a human rights violation
5: Poverty, racism, and migration
6: Violent "cultural" practices in the family
7: Women and armed conflict
8: Conclusions
References
Index.
1: Introduction
2: Gender violence and social movements
3: Punishment, safety, and reform: interventions in domestic violence
4: Gender violence as a human rights violation
5: Poverty, racism, and migration
6: Violent "cultural" practices in the family
7: Women and armed conflict
8: Conclusions
References
Index.