Understanding Violence and Abuse: An Anti-Oppressive Practice Perspective

Understanding Violence and Abuse: An Anti-Oppressive Practice Perspective
ISBN-10
1773633961
ISBN-13
9781773633961
Category
Social Science
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Authors
Kate Seymour, Heather Fraser

Description

In Understanding Violence and Abuse, Heather Fraser and Kate Seymour examine violence and abuse from an anti-oppressive practice perspective and make connections between interpersonal violence and structural, institutional and cultural violence. Using case studies from Canada, the U.K., the U.S., Australia, Bangladesh, India and elsewhere, the authors discuss topics ranging from class oppression, street violence, white privilege, war, shame, Islamophobia and abuse in intimate relationships, as well as introduce the core tenets of anti-oppressive social work practice. They encourage readers to reflect upon hierarchies of identity and difference in relation to the ways in which violence and abuse are defined, understood and addressed. Further, they discuss several responses to violence using an anti-oppressive framework.

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