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Handbook on Gender and Violence
Containing contributions from leading experts in the field, this Handbook explores the many ways gender and violence interact across different contexts and offers a range of disciplinary perspectives. This comprehensive volume connects micro-level interpersonal violence to macro-level structural forms of violence across three discrete but interrelated sections: concepts, representations, and contexts.
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Containing contributions from leading experts in the field, this Handbook explores the many ways gender and violence interact across different contexts and offers a range of disciplinary perspectives. This comprehensive work connects micro-level interpersonal violence to macro-level structural forms of violence across three discrete but interrelated sections: concepts, representations, and contexts.
Part one considers the core concepts of gender and violence alongside related concepts including sex, sexualities, patriarchy, and security, elaborating on the research tools used within these areas. Part two investigates the different ways in which gender and violence are enacted through various representational practices, including film, policy, and online. The final part is devoted to the examination of gender and violence in a range of empirical settings, including different spheres of activity, from economic to juridical.
Presenting an in-depth overview of the topic, this Handbook on Gender and Violence will be a key resource for researchers who are new to the study of gender and violence. More experienced academics will also benefit from the up-to-date insights on key research themes in the field.
Part one considers the core concepts of gender and violence alongside related concepts including sex, sexualities, patriarchy, and security, elaborating on the research tools used within these areas. Part two investigates the different ways in which gender and violence are enacted through various representational practices, including film, policy, and online. The final part is devoted to the examination of gender and violence in a range of empirical settings, including different spheres of activity, from economic to juridical.
Presenting an in-depth overview of the topic, this Handbook on Gender and Violence will be a key resource for researchers who are new to the study of gender and violence. More experienced academics will also benefit from the up-to-date insights on key research themes in the field.
Critical Acclaim
‘What makes the Elgar Handbook stand out is its emphasis on the conceptual aspect, and the coherence it brings especially to using intersectionality as a lens with which to analyse both gender and violence. It provides stimulating and engaging discussions of many important issues, serving as a good tool not only for teaching but for exploring new angles for research.’
– Carol Ballantine, Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies
‘Shepherd has been able to piece together a diverse while also complementary overview of the field today. The various chapters, rather than only providing interesting theories and case studies, also largely discuss potential future areas of research. In doing so, the Handbook is able to place itself outside the realm of a static textbook read only for information. Rather it can be read as a source of inspiration for future researchers within the field of violence and gender, enabling the reader to gain an understanding of the various subject matters and to look ahead to see what is yet to be covered and how new areas may be developed.’
– Lee Martin, Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft
''This book is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in understanding and addressing gender violence. The relationship between gender and violence is complex, and constitutive. This Handbook provides analytical tools for thinking through this complexity and points us to the multiple intersections of gender with other vectors of inequality and identity, as well as with policy frameworks, activisms, and resistances. The breadth of perspectives allows us to see how embedded gender violence is in social, political and economic life.''
– Jelke Boesten, King''s College London, UK
''The Handbook on Gender and Violence features a stellar collection of authors having written both excellent and accessible pieces providing readers from students to scholars tools to think about the concepts, representations, and contexts of gender, violence, and gender violence. Laura Shepherd’s brilliant and reflective framing follows the reader through a text that is as important and innovative as it is engaging.''
– Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida, US
– Carol Ballantine, Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies
‘Shepherd has been able to piece together a diverse while also complementary overview of the field today. The various chapters, rather than only providing interesting theories and case studies, also largely discuss potential future areas of research. In doing so, the Handbook is able to place itself outside the realm of a static textbook read only for information. Rather it can be read as a source of inspiration for future researchers within the field of violence and gender, enabling the reader to gain an understanding of the various subject matters and to look ahead to see what is yet to be covered and how new areas may be developed.’
– Lee Martin, Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft
''This book is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in understanding and addressing gender violence. The relationship between gender and violence is complex, and constitutive. This Handbook provides analytical tools for thinking through this complexity and points us to the multiple intersections of gender with other vectors of inequality and identity, as well as with policy frameworks, activisms, and resistances. The breadth of perspectives allows us to see how embedded gender violence is in social, political and economic life.''
– Jelke Boesten, King''s College London, UK
''The Handbook on Gender and Violence features a stellar collection of authors having written both excellent and accessible pieces providing readers from students to scholars tools to think about the concepts, representations, and contexts of gender, violence, and gender violence. Laura Shepherd’s brilliant and reflective framing follows the reader through a text that is as important and innovative as it is engaging.''
– Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida, US
Contributors
Contributors: J. Auchter, D. Bandelli, R. Bleiker, K. Boyle, L. Broughton, C. Corradi, D. de Vos, D. Duriesmith, B. Fileborn, P. Griffin, J.J. Hagen, E. Hutchison, K. Kelly-Thompson, R. Krystalli, E. Lombardo, A. Lusvardi, S. Marcus, A. McDonnell, S. Meger, P. Meth, C. Montoya, J. Nagel, D. Otto, K. Quek, L. Rolandsen Agustín, L.J. Shepherd, J. Spangaro, B. Swanton, L. Weldon, T. Wimpelmann, S. Yao, M. Zalewski
Contents
Contents:
1 Gender and violence: tools to think with 1
Laura J. Shepherd
PART I CONCEPTS
2 Gender/s 13
Marysia Zalewski
3 Race 29
Celeste Montoya
4 Intersectionality 43
Lise Rolandsen Agustín and Emanuela Lombardo
5 Sexualities 61
Jamie J. Hagen
6 Masculinity 77
David Duriesmith
7 The body 89
Jessica Auchter
8 The sex of sexual violence 101
Karen Boyle
9 Patriarchy 115
Kaye Quek
10 Femicide 131
Consuelo Corradi and Daniela Bandelli
11 Security 146
Laura J. Shepherd
PART II REPRESENTATIONS
12 The emergence of gender violence as a policy problem 160
Ben Swanton
13 Narrating violence: feminist dilemmas and approaches 173
Roxani Krystalli
14 Gender, violence, and popular culture 189
Andrea McDonnell
15 Gender and violence on film 202
Lee Broughton
16 Gender violence online 217
Sandra Yao
17 Gender and violence in news media and photography 231
Roland Bleiker and Emma Hutchison
PART III CONTEXTS
18 Transnational perspectives on gender violence: opportunities
and challenges 249
Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, Amber Lusvardi and Laurel Weldon
19 Intimate partner violence 265
Jo Spangaro
20 Gender, violence, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda 279
Sara Meger
21 Gender, violence and the military 295
Joane Nagel
22 Gender and violence in post-conflict
settings 308
Torunn Wimpelmann
23 Gender, violence and ‘safe cities’ 320
Paula Meth
24 Gender and economic violence 337
Penny Griffin
25 Gender, violence and human rights 357
Dianne Otto
26 Gender, violence and criminal justice 377
Bianca Fileborn
27 Prosecuting sexual and gender-based
violence at the
International Criminal Court 395
Dieneke de Vos
28 Still fighting: rape prevention in the twenty-first
century 414
Sharon Marcus
Index 427
1 Gender and violence: tools to think with 1
Laura J. Shepherd
PART I CONCEPTS
2 Gender/s 13
Marysia Zalewski
3 Race 29
Celeste Montoya
4 Intersectionality 43
Lise Rolandsen Agustín and Emanuela Lombardo
5 Sexualities 61
Jamie J. Hagen
6 Masculinity 77
David Duriesmith
7 The body 89
Jessica Auchter
8 The sex of sexual violence 101
Karen Boyle
9 Patriarchy 115
Kaye Quek
10 Femicide 131
Consuelo Corradi and Daniela Bandelli
11 Security 146
Laura J. Shepherd
PART II REPRESENTATIONS
12 The emergence of gender violence as a policy problem 160
Ben Swanton
13 Narrating violence: feminist dilemmas and approaches 173
Roxani Krystalli
14 Gender, violence, and popular culture 189
Andrea McDonnell
15 Gender and violence on film 202
Lee Broughton
16 Gender violence online 217
Sandra Yao
17 Gender and violence in news media and photography 231
Roland Bleiker and Emma Hutchison
PART III CONTEXTS
18 Transnational perspectives on gender violence: opportunities
and challenges 249
Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, Amber Lusvardi and Laurel Weldon
19 Intimate partner violence 265
Jo Spangaro
20 Gender, violence, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda 279
Sara Meger
21 Gender, violence and the military 295
Joane Nagel
22 Gender and violence in post-conflict
settings 308
Torunn Wimpelmann
23 Gender, violence and ‘safe cities’ 320
Paula Meth
24 Gender and economic violence 337
Penny Griffin
25 Gender, violence and human rights 357
Dianne Otto
26 Gender, violence and criminal justice 377
Bianca Fileborn
27 Prosecuting sexual and gender-based
violence at the
International Criminal Court 395
Dieneke de Vos
28 Still fighting: rape prevention in the twenty-first
century 414
Sharon Marcus
Index 427
