Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women by Parrot, Andrea

Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780742545793)

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Format: Paperback
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Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women by Parrot, Andrea

Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women

$49.00
Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women by Parrot, Andrea

Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women

$49.00
Format: Paperback
Description
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Forsaken Females describes the varied types of brutalization women experience through the life course, as well as historical and theoretical perspectives of global violence against women. The book illuminates the diverse ideologies and cultural conditions that condone and perpetuate the brutality that victimizes women. The discussion is structured around the experiences of women who describe their personal victimization. Each chapter concludes with examples of promising policies and practices developed to address and reduce violence perpetrated against women.

Author: Andrea Parrot, Nina Cummings
ISBN-10: 0742545792
ISBN-13: 9780742545793
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2006
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 182
By Andrea Parrot
By Andrea Parrot
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Andrea Parrot is a professor in the department of policy analysis and management at Cornell University. She is also a clinical professor of psychiatry at Upstate Medical University. Parrot is the author of numerous books, monographs, training manuals, and articles. She has appeared on many television and radio programs, including Face the Nation, Larry King Live, Oprah, and CBS This Morning. Professor Parrot has presented her work internationally, and has been an invited lecturer to over 100 college and University campuses around the world. Nina Cummings is a health educator specializing in women's health and the Victim Advocate at Cornell University. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at Ithaca College where she teaches Women and Health each spring. For over twenty years, her work has focused on violence against women, victimology, sexual violence prevention and education, and women's health. Ms. Cummings has collaborated on several publications with co-author Andrea Parrot including Rape 101: Sexual Assault Prevention for College Athletes.

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