Gender, Violence and Attitudes
Lessons from Early Modern Europe
Satu Lidman
- 192 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Gender, Violence and Attitudes
Lessons from Early Modern Europe
Satu Lidman
About This Book
Gender, Violence and Attitudes explores the history of gender-based violence in early modern Europe, particularly intimate-partner violence and sexual violence.It also investigates the legacy of gender-based violence through the Enlightenment to the present day andoffers a historical backgroundto highly topical human rights issues.
Although the individual subjects of gender and the history of violence are not new topics, the gendering of violence has received little examination. Within this book, the history of attitudes and practices related to gender and power are analysed, and the nature of violence, justice and societal considerations of gender are explored as cultural constructs: they have the capacity to change over time, although there also is a tendency for continuity. The study is based on a wide range of sources including marriage guides, poems, plays, legal texts and court records exploring deep-rooted violence phenomena in Sweden (including historical Finland), the German territories, England and, to some extent, France.
Offering a detailed analysis of gender and the culture of violence, Gender, Violence and Attitudes is essential reading for students and general readers who wish to understand the history of violence and its continual association with gender from early modern Europe to the present day.