Gender Violence: A Cultural Perspective (Wiley Blackwell Introdu

Gender Violence\nby Sally Engle Merry\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Sally Engle Merry\nTitle: Gender Violence\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Anthropology\nPublisher: Wiley\nPublication year: 2008\nISBN-13: 9780631223597\nISBN-10: 0631223592\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nTaking an anthropological perspective, this comprehensive book offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and important directions in intervention and reform.\n--Uses stories, personal accounts, case studies and a global perspective to provide a vivid and engaging portrait of forms of violence in gendered relationships \n--Extensively covers many forms of gender violence including domestic violence, rape, murder, wartime sexual assault, priso.