Overview

The Spectacle of Violence explores the issues surrounding violence and hostility towards lesbians and gay men. Drawing on in-depth interviews with women reflecting a range of experiences of verbal hostility, physical violence and sexual violence, Gail Mason asks fundamental questions about where violence comes from and what effects it has. How do lesbians and gay men manage the risk of violence? And what is the relationship between violence and power? Challenging current thinking, Mason highlights the ways in which different identities, different bodies and different systems of thought interact. She argues for the importance of thinking about homophobic violence in the context of other core issues such as gender and race. Examining the visual nature of violence, she demonstrates how violence infiltrates not just the daily experience of lesbians and gay men, but also the knowledge systems through which we construct and recognise sexual identities. Focussing on 'real life' experiences of violence, The Spectacle of Violence is an important contribution to current thought about violence. Moving beyond issues of causation and prevention, it offers new ways of theorising the relationship between identity, knowledge and power.

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... grippping and enlightening.. <br>- Out <br> Drawing on diverse thinkers, Gail Mason both explores violence as a prism which refracts all our experiences and subjectivities, and offers accounts of lesbian resistance. Accessibly written yet theoretically sophisticated, The Spectacle of Violence is an innovative and important contribution to lesbian lives and theories.. <br>-Ruthann Robson, City University of New York School of Law <br> A pioneering study of violence: its nature, form, and effects. Gail Mason draws upon feminist scholarship, post-structural theory, and critical legal scholarship to develop new insights into violence. The Spectacle of Violence is a rich and accessibly-written study that should attract a wide international audience.. <br>-Leslie Moran, Birkbeck College <br>... a series of well-written. partially autonomous, essays on feminist theory, prompted by women's stories of violence. <br>Each chapter lays out the issues and the theoretical debates clearly, and will be useful for undergraduate and graduate teaching Australian Feminist Studies 2003. <br>

... grippping and enlightening.. - Out Drawing on diverse thinkers, Gail Mason both explores violence as a prism which refracts all our experiences and subjectivities, and offers accounts of lesbian resistance. Accessibly written yet theoretically sophisticated, The Spectacle of Violence is an innovative and important contribution to lesbian lives and theories.. -Ruthann Robson, City University of New York School of Law A pioneering study of violence: its nature, form, and effects. Gail Mason draws upon feminist scholarship, post-structural theory, and critical legal scholarship to develop new insights into violence. The Spectacle of Violence is a rich and accessibly-written study that should attract a wide international audience.. -Leslie Moran, Birkbeck College ... a series of well-written. partially autonomous, essays on feminist theory, prompted by women's stories of violence. Each chapter lays out the issues and the theoretical debates clearly, and will be useful for undergraduate and graduate teaching Australian Feminist Studies 2003.

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Gail Mason is Lecturer in the Department of Gender Studies at The University of Sydney.

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