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History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement Gill Hague (University of Bristol)

History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement By Gill Hague (University of Bristol)

History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement by Gill Hague (University of Bristol)


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In this captivating book, activist and scholar Gill Hague recounts the inspiring story of the violence against women movement in the UK and beyond from 1960s onwards, examining the transformatory politics behind this movement through an important historical and international lens.

History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement Summary

History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement: We've Come Further Than You Think by Gill Hague (University of Bristol)

Acclaimed activist and scholar Gill Hague recounts the inspiring story of the domestic violence movement in the UK and beyond from the 1960s onwards in this captivating book. Memories, poems and interviews with activists, practitioners and abuse survivors shed new light on a period of immense change, shaped by a generation of feminist pioneers. From the womens liberation movement until now, this book showcases the campaigning zeal with which policies, services and awareness-raising on gendered violence in the UK and across the world were built, including for Black and minority women. This fascinating history will inform and inspire new ways forward within the domestic violence movement.

About Gill Hague (University of Bristol)

Gill Hague is Professor Emerita of Violence Against Women Studies at the University of Bristol and has been an activist, practitioner and researcher on violence against women nationally and internationally since the early 1970s. She was a founder of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, School for Policy Studies at University of Bristol and has over 130 publications on violence against women including eight books. Hague has received both a CBE and an Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize for her lifes work on gender violence.

Table of Contents

Introduction Everything seemed to change at once: womens liberation and the womens movement(s) from the 1960s Womens liberation: strands, debates, transformations The violence against women movements burst into life Taking on rape and sexual violence, as well as domestic abuse A radical womens politics: the light of innovation and new ways to organise Wider feminist principles and domestic violence: making a new world As time went on: the movements on domestic violence and harmful practices grow Struggling to change: campaigns, laws, and local and global strategies Activist responses, justice and shelters (refuges) across the world Expanding the movements, gaining the evidence: feminist research and transnational action End word

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GOR013585115
9781447356325
1447356322
History and Memories of the Domestic Violence Movement: We've Come Further Than You Think by Gill Hague (University of Bristol)
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bristol University Press
2021-05-26
266
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