Everyday Violence: The Public Harassment of Women and LGBTQ People (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978823990)

Everyday Violence is based on ten years of scholarly rage against catcalling and aggression directed at women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of New York City. Simone Kolysh recasts public harassment as everyday violence and demands an immediate end to this pervasive social problem. Analyzing interviews with initiators and recipients of everyday violence through an intersectional lens, Kolysh argues that gender and sexuality, shaped by race, class, and space, are violent processes that are reproduced through these interactions in the public sphere. They examine short and long-term impacts and make inroads in urban sociology, queer and trans geographies, and feminist thought. Kolysh also draws a connection between public harassment, gentrification, and police brutality resisting criminalizing narratives in favor of restorative justice. Through this work, they hope for a future where women and LGBTQ people can live on their own terms, free from violence.


Author: Simone Kolysh
ISBN-10: 1978823991
ISBN-13: 9781978823990
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2021
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d