Researching Gender-Based Violence: Embodied and Intersectional Approaches - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147981220X ISBN 13: 9781479812202

Publisher: NYU Press, 2022

Synopsis

An interdisciplinary collection of critical, feminist reflections on interpersonal gender violence
Despite the growing interest in the subject of gender violence, surprisingly little has been written in recent years about the methodology behind this emerging field of research. This interdisciplinary collection seeks to fill this gap by empowering scholars to conduct gender violence research in ways that deconstruct rather than reinforce existing power structures and hierarchies.
The book argues for new approaches to research and activism on gender-based violence grounded in the intersectional realities of individuals and communities. Each chapter discusses the role of reflective methodologies to recognize institutional and intersectional inequalities, challenging the reader to contemplate ethical considerations of an embodied feminist methodology when researching gender-based violence. By centering these issues for applied scholars, practitioners, and academic activists, the book offers insights about where sociocultural notions of criminality and innocence might align across geographies of gender-based violence.
The volume encourages further thinking about embodied methodological creativity in and for the future of interpersonal gender-based violence research. A powerful tool for conducting productive scholarship, Researching Gender-Based Violence provides recommendations for interrogating, practicing, and collaborating across fields, disciplines, and lived realities.

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About the Authors

April D. J. Petillo is Assistant Professor of Public/Applied Sociology (Race, Gender and Culture) at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Northern Arizona University.

Heather R. Hlavka is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Sciences at the Klinger College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University. She has published many articles in Gender & Society, Law & Society Review, Violence Against Women, and Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

Edition details

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147981220X
• ISBN 13: 9781479812202
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Petillo April D.J., Hlavka Heather R.