Victims, Gender and Jouissance

Informationen zum Autor Victoria Grace is Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury! New Zealand. Her research interests include Lacanian psychoanalysis! the work of Jean Baudrillard and feminist theory. In addition to numerous published articles and book chapters! books include Baudrillard's Challenge - A Feminist Reading (Routledge! 2000); Theorizing Sexual Violence (Routledge! 2009)! co-edited with Renée Heberle; Baudrillard West of the Dateline (2003)! co-edited with Heather Worth and Laurence Simmons. Zusammenfassung Victims, Gender and Jouissance offers an in-depth exploration of the concept of the victim. In bringing together critical readings of major theorists of victimization, Grace draws from their disparate visions to offer a richer picture of the causes of gendered violence and to discover strategies that will mitigate that violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Feminism and the Victim 2. The Birth and Death of the Victim 3. Gender and Sacrificial Violence 4. From Mysticism to de Sade 5. There Are No Victims 6. We Are All Victims 7. Victims, Gender and Jouissance

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Grace, Grace Victoria
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415754538
• ISBN: 978-0-415-75453-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Humanities, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls