Women, violence and strategies for action : feminist research, policy and practice / edited by Jill Radford, Melissa Friedberg, and Lynne Harne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Radford, Jill, 1947-

Friedberg, Melissa, 1953-

Harne, Lynne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Crimes against--Great Britain.

Women.

Sexual abuse victims--Great Britain.

Sexual abuse victims.

Women--Crimes against--Great Britain--Prevention.

Feminist theory--Great Britain.

Feminist theory.

Women--Crimes against.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, PA : Open University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This collection gives important insight into the new issues and questions that have become central to understandings of women, violence and resistance. It focuses on the connections between research and the development of strategies for change by providing excellent examples of policy-relevant feminist research, rooted in both academe and activism. The emphasis throughout is on the link between research and strategies for action at the local, national and international level.

The book gathers together the many exciting ideas, discussions and developments arising from the work of the researchers and activists who are part of the British Sociological Association Violence Against Women Study Group. The contributing authors share a commitment to research that centres on the material reality of women's lives and assists the generation of strategies for action. It complements the earlier volume, Women, Violence and Male Power, extending the latter's coverage in important ways by addressing differences as well as commonalities between women, and the complexities of feminist analysis and activism in a changing context.

Women, Violence and Strategies for Action is of direct relevance to practitioners working in the professions of probation, social work and law, as well as students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, sociology, social policy, social work, criminology and socio-legal studies. It will also be of interest to women's organizations, including local inter-agency forums.

Contents:

2 Stalking and paedophilia: ironies and contradictions in the politics of naming and legal reform / Liz Kelly, Catherine Humphreys 10

3 Feminist strategy and tactics: influencing state provision of counselling for survivors / Tina Skinner 25

4 Virtual violence?: pornography and violence against women on the Internet / Terry Gillespie 40

5 Prostitution, pornography and telephone boxes / Ruth Swirsky, Celia Jenkins 57

6 Damaged children to throwaway women: from care to prostitution / Melissa Friedberg 72

7 Sexual violence and the school curriculum / Lynne Harne 86

8 Shifting the margins: black feminist perspectives on discourses of mothers in child sexual abuse / Claudia Bernard 103

9 Supping with the Devil?: multi-agency initiatives on domestic violence / Ellen Malos 120

10 Caught in contradictions: conducting feminist action orientated research within an evaluated research programme / Emma Williamson 136

11 Domestic violence in China / Marianne Hester 149

12 Theorizing commonalities and difference: sexual violence, law and feminist activism in India and the UK / Jill Radford 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0335203701

0335203698

OCLC:

41211617