| Coercive Control: The Entrapment of Women in Personal Life Contributor(s): Stark, Evan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195384040 ISBN-13: 9780195384048 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Abuse - Domestic Partner Abuse - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| Series: Interpersonal Violence |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.48" W x 9.24" (1.44 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most important books ever written on domestic violence, Coercive Control breaks through entrenched views of physical abuse that have ultimately failed to protect women. Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how domestic violence is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from beeper games to food logs to micromanaging dress, speech, sexual activity, and work. Stark urges us to move beyond the injury model and focus on the real victimization that allows men to violate women's human rights with impunity. Provocative and brilliantly argued, Coercive Control reframes abuse as a liberty crime rather than a crime of assault and points the way to bringing real equality for women in line with their formal rights to personhood and citizenship, freedom and safety. |