Feeling Trapped
Social Class and Violence against Women
1st Edition
Published on 7. February 2023
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-520-38160-5 (ISBN)
Description
The relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and working-class women, few examine the issue comparatively in terms of class privilege and class disadvantage. James Ptacek draws on in-depth interviews with sixty women from wealthy, professional, working-class, and poor communities to investigate how social class shapes both women's experiences of violence and the responses of their communities to this violence. Ptacek's framing of women's victimization as "social entrapment" links private violence to public responses and connects social inequalities to the dilemmas that women face.
Reviews / Votes
"Destined to become a classic." * ACJS Today * "Ptacek's book is a must read for anyone in the field of violence against women. It is a progressive breath of fresh air and makes a sorely needed contribution to feminist sociological understandings of a subject too often neglected in existing scholarship - the powerful relationship between social class and violence against women. Feeling Trapped is destined to become a classic." * The British Journal of Criminology * "In Feeling Trapped, Ptacek offers an important glimpse into the lives of women who have been victims of IPV(intimate partner violence)...Consequently, it is a crime that can be difficult to understand, but with this work, Ptacek gives us a close view of the intricacies of IPV and how it impacts women from all socioeconomic backgrounds."* Criminal Justice Review *
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 figure
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-38160-5 (9780520381605)
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02/2023
1st Edition
Naval Institute Press
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Person
James Ptacek is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Suffolk University. He is author of Battered Women in the Courtroom and editor of Restorative Justice and Violence against Women.
Content
Contents
Preface
1. Conversations with Women about Abuse
2. The Hidden Dramas of Masculinity
3. Failed Femininity and Psychological Cruelty
4. Terror, Fear, and Caution: Physical Violence and Threats
5. The Continuum of Sexual Abuse
6. Economic Abuse: Control, Sabotage, and Exploitation
7. The Emotional Dynamics of Entrapment: Love, Fear, Anger, Guilt, and Shame
8. Separation, Healing, and Justice
Conclusion: Intimate Violence as Social Entrapment
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1. Conversations with Women about Abuse
2. The Hidden Dramas of Masculinity
3. Failed Femininity and Psychological Cruelty
4. Terror, Fear, and Caution: Physical Violence and Threats
5. The Continuum of Sexual Abuse
6. Economic Abuse: Control, Sabotage, and Exploitation
7. The Emotional Dynamics of Entrapment: Love, Fear, Anger, Guilt, and Shame
8. Separation, Healing, and Justice
Conclusion: Intimate Violence as Social Entrapment
Notes
Bibliography
Index