Victim No More: Women`s Resistance to Law, Culture and Power - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552662950 ISBN 13: 9781552662953

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Challenging the notion that women are simply victims, this in-depth discussion is a celebration of women's resistance. Exploring the moments beyond victimization, this argument emphasizes that women do not stay crushed and broken but instead strive forward to continue building and growing. The contributors highlight the various forms of resistance--political, legal, and cultural--stressing that women must do what is in their power to combat being politically passive. Identifying the "women-as-victim" concept as consistent with right-wing, conservative agendas, this reference states that women must not adhere to "men's way" in the workplace or at home. Displaying the diversity of action surrounding women's resistance, this investigation illustrates the need for social equality and justice between genders.

About this title

About the Author:

Ellen Faulkner is an assistant professor of sociology at Brock University. She has published numerous articles on hate crime. She lives in St. Catherine's, Ontario. Gayle MacDonald is a professor of sociology at St. Thomas University. She is the coauthor of "Sex Workers in the Maritimes Talk Back," the editor of "Social Context and Social Location in the Sociology of Law," and the coeditor of "Feminism, Law, Inclusion: Intersectionality in Action." She lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1552662950
• ISBN 13: 9781552662953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Faulkner Ellen, MacDonald Gayle