Coercive control : the entrapment of women in personal life / Evan Stark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stark, Evan, author.

Series:

Interpersonal violence.

Interpersonal Violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wife abuse--United States.

Wife abuse.

Abused women--United States.

Abused women.

Psychological abuse--United States.

Psychological abuse.

Control (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most important books ever written on domestic violence, Coercive Control reframes spousal abuse as a liberty crime rather than a crime of assault. Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how ""domestic violence"" is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; I: The Domestic Violence Revolution: Promise and Disappointment; 1 The Revolution Unfolds; 2 The Revolution Stalled; II: The Enigmas of Abuse; 3 The Proper Measure of Abuse; 4 The Entrapment Enigma; 5 Representing Battered Women; III: From Domestic Violence to Coercive Control; 6 Up to Inequality; 7 The Theory of Coercive Control; 8 The Technology of Coercive Control; IV: Living With Coercive Control; 9 When Battered Women Kill; 10 For Love or Money; 11 The Special Reasonableness of Battered Women; Conclusion: Freedom Is Not Free; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H

IJ; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-028852-3

0-19-972495-4

OCLC:

960165658