Handbook on Gender and Violence

International Handbooks on Gender series

Edited by Laura J. Shepherd, Professor of International Relations, Department of Government and International Relations, The University of Sydney, Australia

Containing contributions from leading experts in the field, this Handbook explores the many ways gender and violence interact across different contexts and offers a range of disciplinary perspectives. This comprehensive volume connects micro-level interpersonal violence to macro-level structural forms of violence across three discrete but interrelated sections: concepts, representations, and contexts.

‘What makes the Elgar Handbook stand out is its emphasis on the conceptual aspect, and the coherence it brings especially to using intersectionality as a lens with which to analyse both gender and violence. It provides stimulating and engaging discussions of many important issues, serving as a good tool not only for teaching but for exploring new angles for research.’
– Carol Ballantine, Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies

‘Shepherd has been able to piece together a diverse while also complementary overview of the field today. The various chapters, rather than only providing interesting theories and case studies, also largely discuss potential future areas of research. In doing so, the Handbook is able to place itself outside the realm of a static textbook read only for information. Rather it can be read as a source of inspiration for future researchers within the field of violence and gender, enabling the reader to gain an understanding of the various subject matters and to look ahead to see what is yet to be covered and how new areas may be developed.’
– Lee Martin, Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft

'This book is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in understanding and addressing gender violence. The relationship between gender and violence is complex, and constitutive. This Handbook provides analytical tools for thinking through this complexity and points us to the multiple intersections of gender with other vectors of inequality and identity, as well as with policy frameworks, activisms, and resistances. The breadth of perspectives allows us to see how embedded gender violence is in social, political and economic life.'
– Jelke Boesten, King's College London, UK

'The Handbook on Gender and Violence features a stellar collection of authors having written both excellent and accessible pieces providing readers from students to scholars tools to think about the concepts, representations, and contexts of gender, violence, and gender violence. Laura Shepherd’s brilliant and reflective framing follows the reader through a text that is as important and innovative as it is engaging.'
– Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida, US