Andrea Parrot, Nina Cummings

Forsaken Females

The Global Brutalization of Women

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Forsaken Females describes the varied types of brutalization women experience through the life course, as well as historical and theoretical perspectives of global violence against women. The book illuminates the diverse ideologies and cultural conditions that condone and perpetuate the brutality that victimizes women. The discussion is structured around the experiences of women who describe their personal victimization. Each chapter concludes with examples of promising policies and practices developed to address and reduce violence perpetrated against women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9780742545786
• ISBN-10: 0742545784
• Artikelnr.: 22239751

Autorenporträt

Andrea Parrot is a professor in the department of policy analysis and management at Cornell University. She is also a clinical professor of psychiatry at Upstate Medical University. Parrot is the author of numerous books, monographs, training manuals, and articles. She has appeared on many television and radio programs, including Face the Nation, Larry King Live, Oprah, and CBS This Morning. Professor Parrot has presented her work internationally, and has been an invited lecturer to over 100 college and University campuses around the world.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Perspectives on violence against women: Historical,
methodological and theoretical
Chapter 2 The sociopolitical conditions that predispose women to violence
Chapter 3 Femicide
Chapter 4 Female Genital Cutting: Clitoridectomy, female circumcision,
female genital mutilation, or rite of passage
Chapter 5 Sexual Violence
Chapter 6 Sexual slavery
Chapter 7 Trafficking
Chapter 8 Intimate partner violence
Chapter 9 Honor Killing
Chapter 10 The impact of violence on women
Chapter 11 Working toward a world without violence against women

Rezensionen

Violence against women is recognized as a public health problem; however, this area of research has produced results that are difficult to integrate either conceptually or empirically.Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women certainly makes a worthwhile contribution to the current understanding of the subject. [The book] presents the topic in a very powerful way, while maintaining rigorous academic standards. -- Eunice Rodriguez, Cornell University ...This book deserves an audience throughout the English-speaking world. Highly recommended. CHOICE This is the most comprehensive work on the topic I have seen. The book makes a profound contribution to not only understanding the topic, but to comprehending the breadth and and depth of the issues... [Forsaken Females] has potential for serving as a core reference for understanding the degree to which the world experiences violence perpetrated against women... and should be required reading for any student intending to research or work internationally - regardless if that work is focused on "women's issues." -- Robert Heasley, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania