Gender Violence : A Cultural Perspective

Name: Gender Violence
Brand: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
SKU: 9780631223597
Price: 5550 KES
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ISBN: 9780631223597

by Sally Engle Merry

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Engaged Anthropology

ISBN-10 0631223592

ISBN-13 9780631223597

Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Imprint Wiley-Blackwell

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 21st, 2008

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 400 grams

Dimensions 24.60 x 17.20 x 1.20 cms

Product Classification: Violence and abuse in society Gender studies, gender groups Violence in society Gender studies, gender groups Anthropology

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Gendered Violence: A Cultural Perspective challenges readers to confront gender violence as a social problem deeply embedded in inequalities of class, race, and nation as well as gender. It offers a highly readable and clear overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and its history as a public issue.

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 relationshipsExtensively 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 traffickingExamines major approaches to diminishing gender violence such as criminalization, batterer retraining programs, and human rights interventionsHighlights the role of social movements in defining the problem and mobilizing reforms in the US and internationally

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