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Gender Violence (Second Edition): Interdisciplinary Perspectives » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Gender Violence (Second Edition): Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Jessica Schiffman

Authors: Jessica Schiffman, Margie Edwards, Laura O'Toole
ISBN-13: 9780814762103, ISBN-10: 0814762107
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: August 2007
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Jessica Schiffman

Laura L. O'Toole is Professor of Sociology at Roanoke College.

Jessica R. Schiffman is Assistant Director of Women's Studies at the University of Delaware.

Margie L. Kiter Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Shep

Margie L. Kiter Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Shepherd University.

Book Synopsis

From the murder of schoolgirls in a rural Amish community to the widespread rape of women in the Sudan to sexual predators on the Internet, this volume explores the persistent, pervasive phenomenon of gendered violence in the United States and around the world.

In the fully revised second edition of this path-breaking anthology, the editors bring together emerging scholarship from feminist, post-modern,
and queer theory with classic articles and central authors in the fields of gender, sexuality and violence. This edition features a new comprehensive introduction, revised section introductions, and eighteen new selections,
including original articles on sex trafficking, masculinity and terrorism, and community responses to gender violence. Other topics represented in this volume include sexual harassment and violence in schools and workplaces,
child abuse, intimate partner violence, and pornography.

Innovative theoretical and empirical articles written by scholars from fields such as law, history, and the social sciences appear alongside solution-focused pieces developed by activists, academics, and poets committed to creating a non-violent world.

Table of Contents

Preface: Conceptualizing Gender Violence
Sect. 1The Roots of Male Violence against Women3
"Visit from the Footbinder"10
1The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State11
2The Construction of Masculinity and the Triad of Men's Violence30
3The Socio-Cultural Context of Rape: A Cross-Cultural Study52
Sect. 2Gender Violence in the United States67
"Need: A Chorale for Black Woman Voices"74
4Sexual Coercion in American Life80
5Varieties of "Real Men"92
6Sexual Terrorism110
Sect. 1Sexual Harassment131
"Anatomy Lesson"138
7Obscene and Threatening Telephone Calls to Women: Data from a Canadian National Survey139
8Dames at Sea: Life in the Naval Academy146
9Changed Women and Changed Organizations: Consequences of and Coping with Sexual Harassment151
10The Victimizations of Women165
Sect. 2Rape173
"The Rape"182
11A Feminist Redefinition of Rape and Sexual Assault: Historical Foundations and Change184
12Undeclared War: African-American Women Writers Explicating Rape194
13Raped: A Male Survivor Breaks His Silence209
14Subcultural Theory of Rape Revisited215
15The Global Health Burden of Rape223
Sect. 3Battering in Intimate Relationships243
"To Judge Faolain, Dead Long Enough: A Summons"252
16Nothing New under the Sun: Spouse Abuse in Colonial America254
17Violence against Women266
18Violence in Intimate Relationships: A Feminist Perspective279
19Violence in Lesbian and Gay Relationships285
20Violence, Gender, and Elder Abuse: Toward a Feminist Analysis and Practice294
Sect. 4Children and Gender Violence305
"The Second Photograph"313
21Family Violence, Feminism, and Social Control314
22Who Stole Incest?331
23Child Sexual Abuse and the Regulation of Women: Variations on a Theme336
24Definition and Scope of the Problem352
Sect. 1Pornography and Violence: A Contested Social Problem365
"Philadelphia Story: September 1987"373
25The Female Nude: Pornography, Art, and Sexuality374
26Conflicting Ideologies and the Politics of Pornography383
27Pornography and Black Women's Bodies395
28Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech400
29Pornography and Violence: What the "Experts" Really Say414
Sect. 2Changing Our Minds: Toward Nonviolence in Gender Relations423
30Beyond the Masculine Mystique428
31Violence, Gender, and Social Change435
32Violence against Women or Family Violence? Current Debates and Future Directions443
33Pornography and the Alienation of Male Sexuality454
34The Reality of Linguistic Violence against Women467
35Action474
Bibliography483
Index523

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