Disgrace

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In Disgrace, Joanna Bourke is both student and teacher, engaging carefully with "the political, economic and cultural labour" of diverse individuals and groups to craft a powerful, comprehensive and necessary intervention that travels across multiple contexts, while always holding connection and care. She is rigorous in her analyses and reflections, while lovingly and unflinchingly challenging us to rethink, reimagine and rework our individual and collective strategies for creating a world without sexual violence. Disgrace is an important read for feminist activists, organizers, scholars and anyone who is interested in ending sexual violence.' * Marai Larasi, advocate, community organizer, social justice consultant and educator * Bold in its global vision and eminently readable, Disgrace is a work of scholarship that is full of empathy and conviction. Joanna Bourke builds upon decades of her research and brings a historian's omniscient eye to a topic which may be called "timely," but in fact has long been a part of human history. Across geographies, cultures, and eras, the reality of sexual violence has always served as a sobering reminder of humanity's flaws and cruelties. Here is an eye-opening book to help us understand that reality more fully - and to help us envision a future free of rape.' * Winnie M Li, author of Dark Chapter and Complicit, activist and rape survivor *