Gender violence : a cultural perspective / Created by Sally Engle Merry

Includes bibliographical references and ndex

Cover; Series; Title page; copyright; Chapter 4; 1: Introduction; Defining Gender Violence; Defining Violence; Defining Gender; Contemporary Conceptions of Gender Violence; Theorizing Gender Violence; Anthropological Perspectives on Gender Violence; Measuring Gender Violence; Conclusions; Questions for Further Discussion; Video Suggestions; 2: Gender Violence and Social Movements; Naming and Framing the Problem; Histories of Social Movements against Gender Violence; Conclusions; Questions for Further Discussion; Video Suggestions. 3: Punishment, Safety, and Reform: Interventions in Domestic ViolencePunishment; Safety; Reform; Controlling Gender Violence: A Case Study of Hilo, Hawai'i; Changing Forms of Control; Conclusions; Questions for Further Discussion; Video Suggestions; 4: Gender Violence as a Human Rights Violation; The Human Rights Framework; Universal Human Rights and the Question of Culture; Trafficking in Women; Conclusions; Questions for Further Discussion; Video Suggestions; 5: Poverty, Racism, and Migration; Poverty and Racism; Statistical Evidence; The Difficulty of Measuring Gender Violence. A Case Study of Hilo, Hawai'iMigration and the Law in the USA; Vulnerability and Impunity: A Case Study of Ciudad Juárez; Conclusions; Questions for Further Discussion; Video Suggestions; 6: Violent "Cultural" Practices in the Family; "Honor" Killings; Female Genital Cutting; The Debate over FGC; Grass-Roots Initiatives; Conclusions; Questions for Further Discussion; Video Suggestions; 7: Women and Armed Conflict; War and Armed Conflict; Militarized Societies, Nationalism, and Motherhood; Ethnic Conflict and Sexualized Violence:The Carnage in Gujarat; Refugees and Violence. International Law and Rape as a Crime of WarConclusions; 8: Conclusions; Rethinking Gender; Rethinking Violence; An Anthropological Perspective on Gender Violence; Gender Violence and Inequality; References; Index.

Taking an anthropological perspective, this comprehensive book offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and important directions in intervention and reform. Uses stories, personal accounts, case studies and a global perspective to provide a vivid and engaging portrait of forms of violence in gendered relationshipsExtensively covers many forms of gender violence including domestic violence, rape, murder, wartime sexual assault, prison and police violence, female genital cutting, dowry murders, female infanticide, "honor" killings.