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Gendered Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
Vasilikie Demos (Ed.)
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Description for Gendered Perspectives on Conflict and Violence
Hardback. This volume offers understandings of the relationship between violence and gender from the global to the domestic level. Authors trace the history of feminist antiviolence efforts, theorize the reproduction of symbolic gender violence, and show how violence might be re-conceptualized in comparative and intersectional perspectives. Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 602.
A global discourse regarding gender and violence is emerging as feminists, media experts, and social scientists consider the place of gender in episodic acts and chronic conditions of violence. The chapters in this two-part volume offer understandings of the relationship between violence and gender from the global to the domestic level. In Part B, authors trace the history of feminist antiviolence efforts, theorize the reproduction of symbolic gender violence, and show how violence might be re-conceptualized in comparative and intersectional perspective. They show how historical, cultural and religious elements contribute to or complicate violence, how development efforts can backfire, ... Read more
A global discourse regarding gender and violence is emerging as feminists, media experts, and social scientists consider the place of gender in episodic acts and chronic conditions of violence. The chapters in this two-part volume offer understandings of the relationship between violence and gender from the global to the domestic level. In Part B, authors trace the history of feminist antiviolence efforts, theorize the reproduction of symbolic gender violence, and show how violence might be re-conceptualized in comparative and intersectional perspective. They show how historical, cultural and religious elements contribute to or complicate violence, how development efforts can backfire, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Gender Research
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783508938
SKU
V9781783508938
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