Overview

Anthropology at the Front Lines of Gender-Based Violence is a broad and accessible volume, with a truly global approach to understanding the lives of front-line workers in women's shelters, anti-violence organizations, and outreach groups. Often written from a first-person perspective, these essays examine government workers, volunteers, and nongovernmental organization employees to present a vital picture of practical approaches to combating gender-based violence.

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In their introduction, Weis and Haldane stress the magnitude of the problem of gender-based violence internationally and the need for awareness of the interaction between global and local responses. This volume makes a significant contribution to that process. -- Anthropology Now

Above all else, this work's greatest value will come from bringing together into one volume professional/applied and scholarly/theoretical currents that are too often unaware of, much less actively engaging, one another. The writing is approachable, the cases and analysis compelling, and the political commitment unmistakable. <br>--Sarah Hautzinger, author of Violence in the City of Women

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Jennifer R. Wies is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Kentucky University. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------||Hillary J. Haldane is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Quinnipiac University. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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