Gender, Homicide, and the Politics of Responsibility - Fatal Relationships

Gender, Homicide, and the Politics of Responsibility explores the competing and contradictory understandings of violence against women and men's responsibility, situating these within the personal and political intersections of neoliberal and 'postfeminist' imperatives of individualisation, choice, and empowerment.

List of contents

Introduction

1. Feminism, Postfeminism and the Politics of Responsibility


2. Lethal Relationships and Legal Ambiguities


3. Beyond the Law: Analysing Postfeminism, Emotion, and Affect in Public Responses to Lethal Violence


4. Debating Men’s Responsibility for Violence


5. Women’s Victimisation and Violence – The Effects of Female Individualisation


6. Postfeminism, men’s rights and responsibility

Conclusion
Index

About the author

Ashlee Gore is Lecturer in Criminology at Western Sydney University. Her overarching research priority is gendered violence with a focus on violence against women and the social, cultural, and legal constructions of responsibility.

Summary

Gender, Homicide, and the Politics of Responsibility explores the competing and contradictory understandings of violence against women and men’s responsibility, situating these within the personal and political intersections of neoliberal and ‘postfeminist’ imperatives of individualisation, choice, and empowerment.

Product details

• Authors: Ashlee Gore
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367647117
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64711-7
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Feminist Criminology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Gender studies, gender groups, domestic violence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Domestic abuse