Overview

Violence against women is conventionally framed as interpersonal violence perpetrated by men. While intimate partner violence and sexual assault are significant social problems, such a narrow framing obscures the diversity of women's experiences, fails to illuminate the role social structures play, and excludes discussions of workplace, state, institutional, and symbolic violence. By drawing on a range of theoretical traditions emerging from feminism, criminology, and sociology, Women and Gendered Violence in Canada significantly broadens the conversation on violence against women. Social scientists Chris Bruckert and Tuulia Law begin by developing the conceptual and contextual framework underpinning gendered violence followed by an examination of its various manifestations: interpersonal, workplace, and structural. Each chapter puts historical context in conversation with current social issues, attends to the diversity of women's experiences, and critically considers normative social and carceral ""solutions,"" while highlighting women's resistance. First person narratives are integrated throughout to personalize the material and issues being examined, and each chapter ends with a suggested activity to facilitate further engagement. This thoroughly updated second edition of Women and Gendered Violence in Canada considers recent shifts and changes in Canadian society, discourses, and laws.

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Author:   Chris Bruckert ,  Tuulia Law
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Edition:   Second Edition
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781049801681

ISBN 10:   1049801687
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Expanding the Lens on Gendered Violence Part A: Contextualizing Gendered Violence in Canada 1. An Intersectional Lens on Gendered Violence 2. Situating Canadian Women: Socio-Economic Locations 3. Regulatory Discourses and Representation: How Women Are ""Known"" Part B: Interpersonal Violence 4. Everyday Intrusions on the Street, on Campus, and Online 5. Sexual Assault: Laws, Scripts, and Victim Blaming 6. Intimate Partner Violence: ""Brutish"" Husbands and ""Passive"" Wives Part C: Workplace Violence 7. Not ""Just A Joke"": Worker-On-Worker Sexual Harassment, Bullying, and Microaggressions 8. Just Part of the Job? Predatory, Situational, and Institutional Violence at Work 9. Invisibilized Migrant Women: Over-Regulated and Under-Protected Workers from the Global South Part D: Structural Violence 10. Neoliberalism, Capitalism, and Governing Women’s Bodies On- and Offline 11. State Violence: Women and the Criminal Justice System 12. Colonial Violence Against Indigenous Women Conclusion: ""No Free Lunch"": Costs and Consequences of Gendered Violence in Canada and Globally Glossary Works Cited Credits Index

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Chris Bruckert is a full professor in the Department of Criminology at University of Ottawa. Tuulia Law is an associate professor in the Department of Social Science at York University.

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