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Anthropology at the Front Lines of Gender-based Violence

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    9780826517814

  • ISBN10:

    0826517811

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-08-22
  • Publisher: Vanderbilt Univ Pr

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Summary

Anthropology at the Front Lines of Gender-Based Violenceis 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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Ethnographic Notes from the Front Lines of Gender-Based Violencep. 1
Disparity in Disasters: A Frontline View of Gender-Based Inequities in Emergency Aid and Health Carep. 19
Participant and Observer: Reflections on Fieldwork in a Women's Shelter in Tokyo, Japanp. 29
Crafting Community through Narratives, Images, and Shared Experiencep. 51
ôWe Couldn't Just Throw Her in the Streetö: Gendered Violence and Women's Shelters in Turkeyp. 71
Institutional Resources (Un)Available: The Effects of Police Attitudes and Actions on Battered Women in Perup. 31
Child Welfare and Domestic Violence Workers' Cultural Models of Domestic Violence: An Ethnographic Examinationp. 107
Gender-Based Violence: Perspectives from the Male European Front Linep. 129
Cultural Politics of a Global/Local Health Program for Battered Women in Vietnamp. 139
Global Civil Society and the Local Costs of Belonging: Defining Violence against Women in Russiap. 165
Memorializing Murder, Speaking Back to the Statep. 191
Laliti, Compassionate Savior: The Hidden Archaeology of Founding a Shelterp. 211
Contributorsp. 223
Indexp. 227
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