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Violence in everyday life power, gender and sexuality / Aliraza Javaid.

By: London, UK : Zed Books, 2022Description: 260 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781786997234
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 303.6 J32 2022
Contents:
Contextualising and understanding masculinities and sexualities Unspeakable acts: sexual violence against men and women Murder and evil Homophobic violence Love as violence: intimate partner violence Transphobic violence: the fear of the 'other' Global violence Secrets untold: tales of violence Conclusion
Summary: Examines how hegemonic masculinity is reproduced not only through violence against women, but violence in an LGBTQ+ context, as well as showing how violence is in turn fueled by society’s attitudes towards masculinity. Summary: "Violence in Everyday Life explores how identity markers such as gender and sexuality intersect with violence, synthesizing the themes of gender, sexuality and violence to offering a crucial and coherent framework for understanding the interrelationship between these concepts." -- Provided by publisher
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Books Books College Library General Circulation Section GC GCG 303.6 J32 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available HNU005236

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextualising and understanding masculinities and sexualities
Unspeakable acts: sexual violence against men and women
Murder and evil
Homophobic violence
Love as violence: intimate partner violence
Transphobic violence: the fear of the 'other'
Global violence
Secrets untold: tales of violence
Conclusion

Examines how hegemonic masculinity is reproduced not only through violence against women, but violence in an LGBTQ+ context, as well as showing how violence is in turn fueled by society’s attitudes towards masculinity.

"Violence in Everyday Life explores how identity markers such as gender and sexuality intersect with violence, synthesizing the themes of gender, sexuality and violence to offering a crucial and coherent framework for understanding the interrelationship between these concepts." -- Provided by publisher

CASG Master of Arts in Philosophy

In English

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