Feminism, violence and nonviolence : an anthology / edited by Selina Gallo-Cruz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallo-Cruz, Selina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Feminism--History.

Feminism.

Violence--History.

Violence.

Nonviolence--History.

Nonviolence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This volume examines how feminists have engaged with nonviolence as a means of addressing violence from the 1970s to the 2000s.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Texts

List of Illustrations

Introduction: "No One Is The Other": Feminism, Violence, and Nonviolence

Section I: Feminist Approaches to Violence, Nonviolence, and Power

On Anger, Barbara Deming, 1971

Redefining Nonviolence, Andrea Dworkin, 1975

Being Nonviolent, Kathy Watson, 1978

Women Power: The Courage to Lead, the Strength to Follow, and the Sense to know the Difference, Charlotte Bunch, 1980

The Erotic as Power, Audre Lorde, 1978

Reclaiming Nonviolence: Some Thoughts for Feminist Wimyn Who Used to be Nonviolent, and Vice Versa, Jane Meyerding, 1982

Piecing It Together: Feminism and Nonviolence, Feminism and Nonviolence Study Group, 1983

Nonviolence: A Feminist Vision and Strategy, Joanne Sheehan, 1984

Reports from the Feminism and Nonviolence Gathering, The Dandelion, 1986

Towards a Definition of Feminism and Nonviolence

The Oppression Connection

Section II: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, And Rape

Contradictions between Feminist Anger and Nonviolent Practice, Pam McAllister, 1979

A Yankee Feminist's First Trip South, Pam McAllister, 1979

Tentative Steps toward Nonviolent Self‑Defense, Pam McAllister, 1982

The Martial Arts: Options for Women's Self‑Defense, Cathy Carson, 1979

Thoughts about Nonviolent Rape Resistance, Chel Shanklin, 1979

Rape Avoidance and Resistance: A Nonviolent Approach, Mary Crane, 1979

Notes on Nonviolent Resistance, Wendy Schwartz, 1979

Nonviolence and Co-Counselling, Lynn Blackmore, 1978

Street Hassles, Lesley (Merryfinch) Mair and Jill Sutcliffe, 1978

Whose Hand is THIS? I Found It on My Ass!! And Other Tales of Resistance!, Mary Brigid Hayes and Judith M. Royer, 1979

RAPE: Separating Fact from Myth, Sara Murphy, 1979.

Pornography: Who Benefits from the So-Called Sexual Revolution?, Jim Griffin, 1979

Section III: Sexism, Militarism, And War

Selections from Neither Victim Nor Assassin: Feminism and Nonviolence, Lynn Blackmore, Gail Chester, Anne-Marie Fearon, Betty Hagglund, Jenny Jacobs, Gay Jones, Lesley (Merryfinch) Mair, Jo Somerset, Jill Sutcliffe, and Kathy Watson, 1978

We Will Not Die with You

Sorting the Men from the Boys

Feminists Fighting Fascism

Come in Tarzan, Your Time is Up

Nuclear Power: The Future is Fearful

The Army Will Make a Man Out of You, Helen Michalowski, 1980

Women and Militarism: What Are the Connections? Special Issue of War Resisters League South East Newsletter, 1981

Women's Pentagon Action, Personal accounts by women from the WPA-Southeast Affinity Group

Making Connections: Rape and Militarism

The Romance of Violence: The Ku Klux Klan and Women

Patriarchy Is a Killer: What People Concerned about Peace and Justice Should Know, Donna Warnock, 1982

Undoing the Ravages of War, Barbara Zanotti, undated

Selections from Fellowship Magazine's Special Issue on Women, 1983

Feminist Spirituality and Nonviolence

The Economic Roots of the Violent Male Culture

Excerpts from Sexism and the War System, Betty Reardon, 1996

Section IV: Racism and other forms of Structural Violence

Only Justice Can Stop a Curse, Alice Walker, 1982

A Footnote on "'Being There": Being Here, Adrienne Rich, 1983

Excerpts from Black Women and the Peace Movement, Wilmette Brown, 1983

Selected Essays, Winona LaDuke

Red Land and Uranium Mining: How the Search for Energy is Endangering Indian Tribal Lands, December 1981

Innu Women and NATO: The Occupation of Nitassinan, 1990

Dioxin, Incinerators and Breast Milk, 2000

Nuclear Waste . . . and Native Land, 2000.

Excerpts from Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development, Vandana Shiva, 1988

Postscript and Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 23, 2026).

ISBN:

1-3995-2604-9

1-3995-2605-7