Disgrace
eBook - ePub

Disgrace

Global Reflections on Sexual Violence

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Disgrace

Global Reflections on Sexual Violence

About this book

Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence—what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence—including institutions, ideologies, and practices—but also gives voice to survivors and activists, drawing inspiration from their struggles. Ultimately, Joanna Bourke intends to forge a transnational feminism that will promote a more harmonious, equal, and rape- and violence-free world.

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Information

Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781789145991
eBook ISBN
9781789146004
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: The Global Crisis
  6. 1 Shame
  7. 2 (In)Justice
  8. 3 Gender Troubles
  9. 4 Conjugal Cruelty
  10. 5 Mothers and Monsters
  11. 6 Reckonings
  12. 7 Militarized Rape
  13. 8 Trauma
  14. 9 A Rape-Free World
  15. References
  16. Bibliography
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Index