Engaging men in the fight against gender violence : case studies from Africa /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description:vi, 194 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8957793
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Other authors / contributors:Freedman, Jane.
ISBN:9781137014733 (alk. paper)
1137014733 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Masculinities, Gender, and Violence: A Framework for Analysis
  • 2. What Do Men Think? The Role of Cultural (Mis)conceptions in Perpetuating Male Violence against Women in Neocolonial Africa
  • 3. Militarized Masculinities and the Political Economy of Wartime Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • 4. "You Must Sit on the Old Mat to Ply the New One": Rethinking Threatened Masculinities and Postconflict Gender Violence in Liberia
  • 5. Listening to Perpetrators: Connecting Wartime Violence with Postconflict Interventions
  • 6. Masculinity and Gender-Based Violence in Rwanda: The Potential Contribution of Community-Based Strategies to Make a Change
  • 7. About the Notion of Hope: Simelela: A Model of a South African Rape Crisis Center
  • Conclusions: The Way Forward in Engaging Men and Boys in Prevention of Violence
  • About the Authors
  • Index