{"product_id":"on-violence-and-on-violence-against-women-paperback","title":"On Violence and on Violence Against Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Rose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy has violence, and especially violence against women, become so much more prominent and visible across the world? To explore this question, Jacqueline Rose tracks the multiple forms of today's violence - historic and intimate, public and private - as they spread throughout our social fabric, offering a new, provocative account of violence in our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom trans rights and #MeToo to the sexual harassment of migrant women, from the trial of Oscar Pistorius to domestic violence in lockdown, from the writing of Roxanne Gay to Hisham Mitar and Han Kang, she casts her net wide. What obscene pleasure in violence do so many male leaders of the Western world unleash in their supporters? Is violence always gendered and if so, always in the same way? What is required of the human mind when it grants itself permission to do violence? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Violence and On Violence Against Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and urgent agitation against injustice, a challenge to radical feminism and a meaningful call to action.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Rose\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's leading feminist literary and cultural critics. She is codirector of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, cofounder of Independent Jewish Voices, and a fellow of the Britsh Academy. Rose is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. She is the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eSexuality in the Field of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eVision\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Sylvia \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen in Dark Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMothers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.28 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766933848352,"sku":"9781250849373","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c3a49d9fcdc0d0072b88a11620d144c9.webp?v=1780301211","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-violence-and-on-violence-against-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}