Rebecca Álvarez

Vigilante Gender Violence (eBook, ePUB)

Social Class, the Gender Bargain, and Mob Attacks on Women Worldwide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines gender violence from a historical comparative lens, drawing upon concepts from critical race theory and sociocultural evolutionary theory. Specifically, it delves deep into vigilante forms of gender violence, and positions these acts in periods of specific periods of change and intense social stratification.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000174137
• Artikelnr.: 59839949

Autorenporträt

RebeccaÁlvarez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at New Mexico Highlands University. This is her first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Defining the Problem: Vigilante Gender Violence and its Global
Reach
Chapter 2: Explaining the Problem: Social Change, Class Inequality, and the
Gender Bargain
Chapter 3: Papua New Guinea: Hunter-Gatherers, Witch Burning, and the
Implications of Colonization for Vigilante Gender Violence
Chapter 4: Afghanistan: Horticulturalists, Pastoralists, and Social Change
at the Point of a Gun
Chapter 5: Kenya: #MyDressMyChoice as an Agrarian Nation Urbanizes
Chapter 6: South Africa: 'Corrective Rape' Amid Extreme Income Inequality
Chapter 7: The United States: Incels, Social Stratification, and Virtual
Vigilante Gender Violence in the Postindustrial Present
Chapter 8: Predicting Vigilante Gender Violence: Can We See the Problem
Coming?
Chapter 9: Preventing Vigilante Gender Violence: What Can We Do?
Conclusion