Women and Violence

Women and Violence
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781137015129
ISBN-13 : 1137015128
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Book Synopsis Women and Violence by : Heather Widdows

Download or read book Women and Violence written by Heather Widdows and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 4 of this book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com. This edited collection explores the agency of women who do violence and have violence done to them. Topics covered include rape, pornography, prostitution, suicide bombing and domestic violence. The volume contributes to the philosophical and theoretical debate, as well as offering practical, social and political responses to the issues examined.


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