Rethinking Violence Against Women

Based on a series of international workshops sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundations this cutting-edge volume advances theories methodologies and policy analyses relating to various forms of violence against women. Under the skillful editorship of Rebecca Emerson and Russell P. Dobash Rethinking Violence Against Women is the joint effort of recognized anthropologists psychologists philosophers sociologists and historians in the field. Divided in three parts this text takes a comprehensive examination of the following topics: +