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.

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

From title to endnotes, Nancy Whittier's Frenemies intelligently traverses contested terrain Whittier unpacks a generative conceptual apparatus, three superbly researched case studies, and an illuminating stringof insights. The results make compelling reading for scholars ... I recommended Frenemies to four scholars from three disciplines inthe past two days; I confidently predict it will find, inform, stimulate, andreward a broad audience

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Whittier, Nancy (Professor of Sociology Whittier, Whittier Nancy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780190235994
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023599-4
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Tatsachenberichte: True Crime, Sociology, Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, TRUE CRIME / General, True Crime / Espionage, 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