Rethinking violence against women
By: editors, R. Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash.
Contributors: Dobash, R. Emerson.; Dobash, Russell.; Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
Series: Sage series on violence against women ;; v. 9
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Women -- Crimes against -- Congresses.; Sexual harassment of women -- Congresses.; Family violence -- Congresses.; Wife abuse -- Congresses.; Women -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Description: Based on a series of international workshops sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, this volume advances theories, methodologies, and policy analyses relating to various forms of violence against women. Divided into three parts, this text comprehensively examines the following topics: the nature, importance, and variety of cultural contexts in which violence occurs, is reproduced, and may be challenged or changed; the nature and variety of sexualized violence; and a range of theoretical perspectives on perpetrators of violence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-249) and index.
"Based on a series of international workshops sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation"--P. [4] cover.