| Description |
1 online resource (x, 261 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
If Not Now, When? Contemporary Feminist Movement to End Violence Against Women -- Lesbians, Prostitutes, and Murder : Deconstructing Media Distortions -- Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Battering : Homophobia, Heterosexism, and Violence -- Pornography's Stories : Eroticizing Inequality, Hierarchy, and Historical Atrocity -- Lesbian Porn Stories: Rebellion and/or Resistance? -- Sexual Conflicts and Contradictions : Violence, Desire, Autonomy, Freedom -- Necessary Voices : A Battered Lesbian Fights for Recognition. |
| Summary |
Russo provides a multi-oppression approach to understanding the violence that is done to women, incorporating issues of gender, race, class and sexuality in her analysis. |
| Subject |
Abused women -- United States.
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Sexual abuse victims -- United States.
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Feminism -- United States.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Domestic Partner Abuse.
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Abused women. (OCoLC)fst00794870
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Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
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Sexual abuse victims. (OCoLC)fst01114783
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Russo, Ann, 1957- Taking back our lives. New York : Routledge, 2001 0415927102 (DLC) 00051737 (OCoLC)45209135 |
| ISBN |
0585451982 (electronic book) |
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9780585451985 (electronic book) |
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