Violence, Gender and Affect: Interpersonal, Institutional and Ideological Practices

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Preface Acknowledgments Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Part I Introduction 1 Ideological, Institutional and Affective Practices of Interpersonal Violence At the Intersection of Violence, Gender and Affect Continuities of Violence, Violations and Violating Practices Aim of the Book Structure of the Book References Part II Interpersonal Violence 2 Familial Control, Collectivity and Gendered Shame: Past and Present Vulnerabilities To Love and Protect—Or to Control? Collective Violence in Individualistic Societies On the Challenges of Including ‘Culture’ in Gender and Violence Discourse Cultural Sensitivity Does not Rule Out Criminal Liability Epilogue: What Can Be Done? References 3 Domestic Homicide and Emotions from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1920s Court of Appeal Records and Newspapers as Mirrors of Domestic Homicides in History Domestic Violence: Spousal Killings, Generational Quarrels, and Fraternal Confrontations Marital Violence Violence Against Parents and Parents-in-Law Sibling Homicides: Fatal Quarrels Between Brothers Lethal Violence Against Children, Other Relatives, and Members of the Household Fatalistic Violence, Affect, and Gender Conclusion References 4 Gendering Violence: Theorising the Links Between Men, Masculinities and Violence Critical Gender Theory and Masculinity Framing ‘Gendered Violence’ and ‘Gender-Based Violence’ Men’s Violence Against Men as Gendered Violence Linking Men’s Violence against Women and Men’s Violence against Men Theorising Men’s Violence Against Other Men Intersectionalising Men’s Violence Against Men Public Violence by Men Youth Violence or Young Men’s Violence? Hate Crimes by Men Conclusion References 5 Serious Emotions: On Some Emotions in Working on Men’s Violences and Violences to Women Emotions in Organising Research on Violence Emotions in the Field Emotions in Interviewing Men on Violence Emotions of Interviewees Emotions of Researchers Emotions Between Men Emotions in Analysis and Writing The Emotions of Gravity (1): The Very Practice of Doing Direct Research on Violence The Emotions of Gravity (2): Researching Other Forms of Violence and Other Methods of Researching Violence The Emotions of Gravity (3): Managing, Administering, Educating, Supervising, Examining Research on Violence And Finally, There Is Humour … References Part III Institutional Violence 6 Institutional and Affective Practices of Domestic Violence Interventions in Social Work: Malignant Positioning of Victims Positioning Theory and the Social Construction of Emotions Data and Analysis Malignant Positioning of Clients No One’s Client Uncooperative Person Voiceless Help-Seeker Unconvincing Victim Discussion References 7 Reporting, Reflecting and Recognising Emotions in Therapeutic Work with Domestic Violence Perpetrators: Experiences of the Jyväskylä Group Model Outlining the Working Model: From Anger Management to Active Emotional Work Perpetrator Programmes and Emotions Intervention: The Jyväskylä Model Empirical Data and Analysis Stage 1: Reporting Secondary Emotions Conclusion 1: First Steps Towards Non-violence Stage 2: Reflection on Primary Emotions Conclusion 2: From Reactivity to Reflectivity Stage 3: Recognition of Others’ Feelings as a Precondition for Victim Empathy Conclusion 3: Building Empathy Towards Others Discussion References 8 (In)visibility of Good and Bad Care Practices in Nursing Homes: A Vicious Circle Care, Emotions and Violence in an Institutional Context Context and Background: The Long-Term Care Context in Portugal Methods Participants Data Analysis Results Working Conditions in Nursing Homes: The Perspective of Care Workers The Tenuous Frontiers of the Concepts “Good and Bad Care” Devising a Strategy to Prevent Institutional Violence Discussion References 9 The Slow Violence of Deportability Symptoms of the Slow Violence of Deportability The Emotions and Reactions of Supporters Dismantling Slow Violence Through Solidarity Conclusion References Part IV Ideological Violence 10 Humiliation and Violence in Kenyan History Gikuyu Authors on Colonial Humiliation and Violence Ngugi on Colonial and Postcolonial Humiliation and Violence Conclusion References 11 Gendered Violence Online: Hate Speech as an Intersection of Misogyny and Racism The Context of Online Violence Violent Affects: Meaning Making, Misogyny, and Populist Hate Speech Halla-Aho and the Green, Leftist, Do-Gooder Women Who ‘Deserve to Be Raped’ Trump, The Squad, and Ilhan Omar Conclusion: Transnational Online Circulation of Misogynous and Racist Violence References 12 Violence and Harm in the Context of Brexit: Gender, Class and the Migrant ‘Other’ Background: Hostile Environment for Immigrants and the 2016 Referendum Creating a Hostile Environment for Migrants The Impact of Brexit: Structural Violence and Gaslighting Existential Issues of Identity and Belonging Conclusion References 13 Environmental Violence and Postnatural Oceans: Low-Trophic Theory in the Registers of Feminist Posthumanities Vignette I: Chemical Weapons and Military Waste at Sea Vignette II: Dead Zones and the Baltic Sea Vignette III: Invasive Species in Marine Ecosystems Vignette IV: Pink Sea Farming and Low-Trophic Mariculture Can Futures Be (Re-)imagined? On Feminist Posthumanities and Low-Trophic Theory Epilogue References Index