Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence

By Jennifer R. Wies (editor), Hillary J. Haldane (editor),

Book cover of Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices

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Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal, human services, and health fields by demonstrating how a focus on local…

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1 author picked Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

If you’re interested in learning about domestic violence from a cross-cultural perspective, the literature on domestic violence in anthropology is an excellent place to look.

This is the second book by Jennifer Wies and Hillary Haldane, two anthropologists who have carved out a space for understanding how to apply anthropological insights to actual domestic violence work. This book offers cross-cultural ideas for how to do just that from a variety of anthropologists working all around the world who continue to work together on this issue from an applied anthropological perspective.

Both Wies and Haldane are mentors of mine, and Haldane…

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