Vigilante Gender Violence

Social Class, the Gender Bargain, and Mob Attacks on Women Worldwide
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-24907-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

In recent years, mob attacks on women by men have drawn public attention to an emerging social phenomenon. This book draws upon concepts from critical race theory and sociocultural evolutionary theory to examine this specific form of gender violence, which takes place outside the law and is a vigilante form of enforcing traditional gender norms. The author positions vigilante gender violence as a global issue produced during specific periods of sociocultural change in conditions marked by intensified social stratification.

The catalyst for vigilante gender violence is the formal state’s breaching of the "gender bargain," the tacit psychological wage even non-elite men earn by at least not being female. When the state threatens to end the gender bargain by promoting women’s rights, the die is cast for low-status men to enforce this bargain themselves in mob attacks against women who are perceived to be violating the patriarchal order.

Seen through independent case studies in different national settings, this book provides empirical evidence that demonstrates the existence of vigilante gender violence in times when societies are shifting from one phase to another and the social hierarchies present within are disrupted. With greater understanding of when and how to predict the occurrence of this phenomenon, the author posits notable ways to prevent it from happening altogether.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Álvarez, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Prostitution und Sexindustrie: Soziale & Ethische Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1: Defining the Problem: Vigilante Gender Violence and its Global Reach

Chapter 2: Explaining the Problem: Social Change, Class Inequality, and the Gender Bargain

Chapter 3: Papua New Guinea: Hunter-Gatherers, Witch Burning, and the Implications of Colonization for Vigilante Gender Violence

Chapter 4: Afghanistan: Horticulturalists, Pastoralists, and Social Change at the Point of a Gun

Chapter 5: Kenya: #MyDressMyChoice as an Agrarian Nation Urbanizes

Chapter 6: South Africa: ‘Corrective Rape’ Amid Extreme Income Inequality

Chapter 7: The United States: Incels, Social Stratification, and Virtual Vigilante Gender Violence in the Postindustrial Present

Chapter 8: Predicting Vigilante Gender Violence: Can We See the Problem Coming?

Chapter 9: Preventing Vigilante Gender Violence: What Can We Do?

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Rebecca Álvarez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at New Mexico Highlands University. This is her first book.