The meanings of violence [electronic resource] / edited by Elizabeth A. Stanko.

Contributor(s): Stanko, Elizabeth Anne, 1950- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003Description: xvii, 250 p. : illSubject(s): Violence | Social conflict | Culture conflict | Ethnic conflictGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 303.6 LOC classification: HM1116 | .M436 2003Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : conceptualising the meanings of violence / Elizabeth A. Stanko -- Headlines from history : violence in the press, 1850-1914 / John Archer and Jo Jones -- 'Jump on top, get the job done' : strategies employed by female prostitutes to reduce the risk of client violence / Graham Hart and Marina Barnard -- Violence against children : thresholds of acceptance for physical punishment in a normative study of parents, children and discipline / Neal Hazel, Deborah Ghate, Susan Creighton, Julia Field and Steven Finch.
'Taking it to heart' : girls and the meanings of violence / Michele Burman, Jane Brown and Susan Batchelor -- 'Hi, I'm Ramon and I run this place' : challenging the normalisation of violence in children's homes from young people's perspectives / Emma Renold and Christine Barter -- Understanding racist violence / Larry Ray, David Smith and Liz Wastell -- The constitution of fear in gay space / Leslie J. Moran, Beverley Skeggs, Paul Tyrer and Karen Corteen -- Defined by men's abuse : the 'spoiled identity' of domestic violence survivors / Rosemary Aris, Gill Hague and Audrey Mullender.
Bouncers and social context of violence : masculinity, class and violence in the night-time economy / Simon Winlow, Dick Hobbs, Stuart Lister and Phil Hadfield -- Violence in a changing political context : Northern Ireland and South Africa / Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan -- Institutional violence : prison conflicts in context / Kimmett Edgar, Carol Martin and Ian O'Donnell -- Violence, fear and 'the everyday' : negotiating spatial practice in the city of Belfast / Karen Lysaght and Anne Basten.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : conceptualising the meanings of violence / Elizabeth A. Stanko -- Headlines from history : violence in the press, 1850-1914 / John Archer and Jo Jones -- 'Jump on top, get the job done' : strategies employed by female prostitutes to reduce the risk of client violence / Graham Hart and Marina Barnard -- Violence against children : thresholds of acceptance for physical punishment in a normative study of parents, children and discipline / Neal Hazel, Deborah Ghate, Susan Creighton, Julia Field and Steven Finch.

'Taking it to heart' : girls and the meanings of violence / Michele Burman, Jane Brown and Susan Batchelor -- 'Hi, I'm Ramon and I run this place' : challenging the normalisation of violence in children's homes from young people's perspectives / Emma Renold and Christine Barter -- Understanding racist violence / Larry Ray, David Smith and Liz Wastell -- The constitution of fear in gay space / Leslie J. Moran, Beverley Skeggs, Paul Tyrer and Karen Corteen -- Defined by men's abuse : the 'spoiled identity' of domestic violence survivors / Rosemary Aris, Gill Hague and Audrey Mullender.

Bouncers and social context of violence : masculinity, class and violence in the night-time economy / Simon Winlow, Dick Hobbs, Stuart Lister and Phil Hadfield -- Violence in a changing political context : Northern Ireland and South Africa / Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan -- Institutional violence : prison conflicts in context / Kimmett Edgar, Carol Martin and Ian O'Donnell -- Violence, fear and 'the everyday' : negotiating spatial practice in the city of Belfast / Karen Lysaght and Anne Basten.

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