Challenging global gender violence: the Global Clothesline Project [electronic resource] /
Rose, S.author.
Challenging Global Gender Violence provides a qualitative and comparative analysis of women's experiences of violence, healing, and action across cultures. Gender violence is the most pervasive human rights violation affecting women and children across both the developed and developing world. While the specific cultural contexts and acts of violence vary, the feelings that women express about their experiences of abuse are strikingly similar. So are the images, colors, and words they use to express those feelings. Hearts - bruised, broken, and torn; black and red; NO! and No Más! are frequently found on shirts contributed to the Global Clothesline Project. While providing a theoretical analysis of trauma, Susan D. Rose grounds the discussion in the lived experiences and stories of women across cultures. Featuring women's stories, artwork, and voices as they speak about their experiences of violence and healing, this brief volume examines the relationship between gender inequality and gender violence, the health impacts of gender violence, and strategies being used to reduce violence against women.
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""Cover""; ""Half_Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part I Gender Violence across Cultures""; ""1 Gender Violence: The Problem""; ""Part II Telling Lives: Womenâ€?s Stories from the Global Clothesline Project""; ""2 Black Heart""; ""3 Shame""; ""4 Difficult Decisions: Staying, Leaving""; ""5 Trauma Narratives: Breaking the Silence of Childhood Sexual Abuse""; ""Part III Gender In/Equality: Reaching toward Ending Gender Violence""; ""6 Abuse Is Not Traditional: Culture and Colonization""
""7 Facing the Challenges: Creating and Sustaining Healthy Relationships and Societies""""Bibliography""
Includes bibliographical references.
Challenging Global Gender Violence provides a qualitative and comparative analysis of women's experiences of violence, healing, and action across cultures. Gender violence is the most pervasive human rights violation affecting women and children across both the developed and developing world. While the specific cultural contexts and acts of violence vary, the feelings that women express about their experiences of abuse are strikingly similar. So are the images, colors, and words they use to express those feelings. Hearts - bruised, broken, and torn; black and red; NO! and No Más! are frequently found on shirts contributed to the Global Clothesline Project. While providing a theoretical analysis of trauma, Susan D. Rose grounds the discussion in the lived experiences and stories of women across cultures. Featuring women's stories, artwork, and voices as they speak about their experiences of violence and healing, this brief volume examines the relationship between gender inequality and gender violence, the health impacts of gender violence, and strategies being used to reduce violence against women.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Sociology.
Culture.
Cultural studies.
Social work.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology, general.
Cultural Studies.
Social Work.