Frenemies - Feminists, Conservatives, and Sexual Violence

What happens when unlikely allies work to advance similar goals? Focusing on case studies of feminist and conservative activism around pornography, child sexual abuse policy, and the Violence Against Women Act, Frenemies develops a new model of how groups that are neither allies nor opponents work toward related goals.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Acronyms


• Chapter One: Introduction


• Chapter Two: Opposition to Pornography: Collaborative Adversaries


• Chapter Three: Beyond Politics: Child Sexual Abuse and Narrow Neutrality


• Chapter Four: The Violence Against Women Act and Ambivalent Alliances


• Chapter Five: Conclusion


• References

About the author

Nancy Whittier is Sophia Smith Professor of Sociology at Smith College and the author of The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse, Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women's Movement and co-editor of both Social Movements: Identity, Culture, and the State, and Feminist Frontiers.

Summary

What happens when unlikely allies work to advance similar goals? Focusing on case studies of feminist and conservative activism around pornography, child sexual abuse policy, and the Violence Against Women Act, Frenemies develops a new model of how groups that are neither allies nor opponents work toward related goals.

Additional text

REVIEW: Lisa D. Brush, American Journal of Sociology. Quote loaded: 29/11/2019.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Whittier, Nancy (Professor of Sociology Whittier, Whittier Nancy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780190236007
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023600-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Politics and government, Sociology: sexual relations, Gender studies, gender groups, Violence in society, Feminism and feminist theory, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Violence and abuse in society