About the Book
How gender and sexuality can be life threatening
From the murder of schoolgirls in a rural Amish community to the widespread rape of women in the Sudan to sexual predators on the Internet, this volume explores the persistent, pervasive phenomenon of gendered violence in the United States and around the world. In the fully revised second edition of this path-breaking anthology, the editors bring together emerging scholarship from feminist, post-modern, and queer theory with classic articles and central authors in the fields of gender, sexuality and violence. This edition features a new comprehensive introduction, revised section introductions, and eighteen new selections, including original articles on sex trafficking, masculinity and terrorism, and community responses to gender violence. Other topics represented in this volume include sexual harassment and violence in schools and workplaces, child abuse, intimate partner violence, and pornography. Innovative theoretical and empirical articles written by scholars from fields such as law, history, and the social sciences appear alongside solution-focused pieces developed by activists, academics, and poets committed to creating a non-violent world.
About the Author:
Laura L. O'Toole (Editor) Laura L. O'Toole is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Cultural, Environmental, and Global Studies at Salve Regina University. She also publishes in the area of Public Sociology and Community Development.
Jessica R. Schiffman (Editor) Jessica Schiffman is a former Assistant Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Delaware. She is a co-editor of
Women's Studies in Transition: The Pursuit of Interdisciplinarity.
Margie L. Kiter Edwards (Editor) Margie L. Kiter Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Shepherd University.
