{"product_id":"coercive-control-evan-stark-9780195384048","title":"Coercive Control: The Entrapment of Women in Personal Life","description":"One of the most important books ever written on domestic violence, \u003cem\u003eCoercive Control\u003c\/em\u003e breaks through entrenched views of physical abuse that have ultimately failed to protect women. Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how \"domestic violence\" is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from \"beeper games\" to food logs to micromanaging dress, speech, sexual activity, and work. Stark urges us to move beyond the injury model and focus on the real victimization that allows men to violate women's human rights with impunity. Provocative and brilliantly argued, \u003cem\u003eCoercive Control\u003c\/em\u003e reframes abuse as a liberty crime rather than a crime of assault and points the way to bringing \"real\" equality for women in line with their formal rights to personhood and citizenship, freedom and safety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evan Stark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195384040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195384048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.48w x 1.18d","brand":"Evan Stark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044499157247,"sku":"9780195384048","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88496a86-b461-4d74-8deb-61f419dba2a5.jpg?v=1684973206","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coercive-control-evan-stark-9780195384048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}