Overview

With examples from throughout Europe and the United States, the contributors to this volume explore how gender violence is framed through language and what this means for research and policy. Language shapes responses to abuse and approaches to perpetrators and interfaces with national debates about gender, violence, and social change.

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Author:   Renate Klein, PhD.
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.501kg
ISBN:  

9781137340085

ISBN 10:   1137340088
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   12 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Just Words? Purpose, Translation, and Metaphor in Framing Sexual and Domestic Violence through Language; Renate Klein 2. Neutralising Gendered Violence: Subsuming Men's Violence against Women into Gender-neutral Language; Carole Wright and Jeff Hearn 3. Communicating Prevalence Survey Results; Stephanie A. Condon 4. 'Clouds Darkening the Blue Marital Sky': How Language in Police's Reports (Re)constructs Intimate Partner Homicides; Daniela Gloor and Hanna Meier 5. Talking about Violence: How People Convey Stereotypical Messages about Perpetrator and Victim through the Use of Biased Language; Anna Kwiatkowska 6. A Matter of Mental Health? Treatment of Perpetrators of Domestic Violence in Denmark and the Underlying Perception of Violence; Bo Wagner Sørensen 7. Dangerous Words: How Euphemisms May Imperil Women's Lives; Britta Mogensen 8. Language for Institutional Change: Notes from US Higher Education; Renate Klein

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""With its specific focus on language and the challenge of communicating in a multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary field, this book contributes to an ongoing and very current international debate on the meaning of gender violence that is tangibly relevant on the ground and in policy-making, including legislation."" - Nancy Gage-Lindner, Hesse Department of Social Welfare, Section Head Violence Prevention and Intervention, Youth Protective Services, Germany

With its specific focus on language and the challenge of communicating in a multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary field, this book contributes to an ongoing and very current international debate on the meaning of gender violence that is tangibly relevant on the ground and in policy-making, including legislation. - Nancy Gage-Lindner, Hesse Department of Social Welfare, Section Head Violence Prevention and Intervention, Youth Protective Services, Germany

Author Information

Stéphanie Condon, Institut national d'études démographiques (National Institute of Demography), France Daniela Gloor, Social Insight, Switzerland Jeff Hearn, Hanken School of Economics, Finland Anna Kwiatkowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Hanna Meier, Social Insight, Switzerland Britta Mogensen, independent scholar, Denmark Bo Wagner Sørensen, Roskilde University, Denmark Carole Wright, University of Huddersfield, UK

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