Women and Gendered Violence in Canada
An Intersectional Approach
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2018
- Category
- Criminology, Violence in Society, Gender Studies, Women's Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442636149
- Publish Date
- Oct 2018
- List Price
- $70.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442636156
- Publish Date
- Oct 2018
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442636163
- Publish Date
- Nov 2018
- List Price
- $57.00
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Description
Violence against women is usually framed as an issue of interpersonal violence perpetuated by men. While domestic violence and sexual assault are significant social problems, such a narrow framing obscures the diversity of women’s experience, fails to illuminate the role social structures play, and excludes discussions of workplace and state violence. By drawing on a range of theoretical traditions emerging from feminism, criminology, and sociology, Women and Gendered Violence in Canada significantly expands the conversation on violence against women.
The first section of the book develops the conceptual and contextual framework that informs the remainder of the text, and the following three sections are organized around types of victimization: interpersonal, labour site, and state. Each chapter ends with lists of suggested activities, and first person narratives are integrated throughout to personalize the material and issues being examined.
About the authors
Chris Bruckert is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Since receiving her PhD from Carleton University in 2000, she has devoted herself to researching various sectors of the Canadian adult sex industry through the lens of feminist labour theory. Committed to Sex Worker rights, she endeavours to contribute to the movement as an academic activism.
Tuulia Law is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University.
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