Violence against Women of African Descent: Global Perspectives

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Africa as a continent, which holds strong to its patriarchal cultural principles and practices, is known for its blatant display of violent abuse of women, including state-sanctioned violence, and its lax approach to national legislative policies and international treaties against violence against women. Using data from Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Europe, this edited collection showcases a variety of experiences and perspectives in the international comparative study of violence against women of African ancestry. This approach provides the context for examining the problem of violence against women, including its policy and practice responses (if any), as it impacts women of African origin in different parts of the world. This book is of value to those interested in African studies, criminology, gender studies, sociology, and many more.

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Violence Against Women of African Descent testifies to the established track records of Anita Kalunta-Crumpton as an editor who has carved a niche in Pan African Studies by collegially collecting contributions from around the world to cover relatively neglected fields of study. In this book, she demonstrates that Violence Against Women is a globalized epidemic that does not attract the deserved scholarly attention anywhere and especially so when the victimized are marginalized women of African descent. The original contribution of the book is a timely reminder that Violence Against Women is a violation against all of humanity because such violence when tolerated tends to escalate violent crimes and to intensify the structural violence that accompanies racist-imperialist-patriarchy in societies structured in dominance. Violence Against Women anywhere is therefore a threat of violence against all of humanity everywhere, to paraphrase Martin Luther King Jr. -- Onwubiko Agozino, Virginia Tech
In a unique collection that includes contributions from countries and populations that so far have not told their gender victimization story, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton has produced an original volume that reveals the many facets of violent victimization of women of African ancestry. The book provides insightful discussions and analyses of forms of gender violence in 16 countries spread over four continents. From Morocco to Zimbabwe, to immigrant African communities in Australia, Europe, and the U.S., contributors analyze the experiences of hard to reach and often silenced populations regarding their gender-related violence -- physical, emotional, communal and societal. This important edited collection is highly recommended for students in sociology, criminology, legal, African, and gender studies, as well as the general the public. -- Edna Erez, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Anita Kalunta-Crumpton is professor of administration of justice at Texas Southern University.