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The violences of men : how men talk about and how agencies respond to men's violence to women / Jeff Hearn.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Policy Studies SerPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849206709
  • 1849206708
  • 9780803979406
  • 0803979401
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Violences of men.DDC classification:
  • 362.8292 22
LOC classification:
  • HM281 .H423 1998eb
Other classification:
  • 71.65
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: SETTING THE SCENE 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Definitions and Explanations of Men's Violence; 3 -- Studying and Researching Men's Violence to Known Women; Part II: TALKING VIOLENCE 4 -- Violence and Talking About Violence; 5 -- The Contexts of Violence; 6 -- The Text of Violence: (1) How Men Describe Their Violence; 7 -- The Text of Violence: (2) How Men Account for Their Violence; 8 -- The Sexual Subtexts of Talk About Violence; Part III: RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE? 9 -- In and Around Agencies; 10 -- Moving Away From Violence?
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Summary: Addressing the problem of men's violence to known women, this book considers the scale of, and critically reviews the theoretical frameworks used to explain this violence. From the perspective of `critical studies on men', Jeff Hearn discusses issues, challenges and possible research methods for those researching violence. He draws on extensive research to analyze the various ways in which men describe, deny, justify and excuse their violence, and considers the complex interaction between doing violence and talking about violence. The book concludes with a summary of the key issues for theory, politics, policy and practice.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.

Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: SETTING THE SCENE 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Definitions and Explanations of Men's Violence; 3 -- Studying and Researching Men's Violence to Known Women; Part II: TALKING VIOLENCE 4 -- Violence and Talking About Violence; 5 -- The Contexts of Violence; 6 -- The Text of Violence: (1) How Men Describe Their Violence; 7 -- The Text of Violence: (2) How Men Account for Their Violence; 8 -- The Sexual Subtexts of Talk About Violence; Part III: RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE? 9 -- In and Around Agencies; 10 -- Moving Away From Violence?

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Addressing the problem of men's violence to known women, this book considers the scale of, and critically reviews the theoretical frameworks used to explain this violence. From the perspective of `critical studies on men', Jeff Hearn discusses issues, challenges and possible research methods for those researching violence. He draws on extensive research to analyze the various ways in which men describe, deny, justify and excuse their violence, and considers the complex interaction between doing violence and talking about violence. The book concludes with a summary of the key issues for theory, politics, policy and practice.

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