The meanings of violence / edited by Elizabeth A. Stanko.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : conceptualising the meanings of violence / Elizabeth A. Stanko -- Headlines from history : violence in the press, 1850-1914 / John Archer and Jo Jones -- 'Jump on top, get the job done' : strategies employed by female prostitutes to reduce the risk of client violence / Graham Hart and Marina Barnard -- Violence against children : thresholds of acceptance for physical punishment in a normative study of parents, children and discipline / Neal Hazel, Deborah Ghate, Susan Creighton, Julia Field and Steven Finch.

'Taking it to heart' : girls and the meanings of violence / Michele Burman, Jane Brown and Susan Batchelor -- 'Hi, I'm Ramon and I run this place' : challenging the normalisation of violence in children's homes from young people's perspectives / Emma Renold and Christine Barter -- Understanding racist violence / Larry Ray, David Smith and Liz Wastell -- The constitution of fear in gay space / Leslie J. Moran, Beverley Skeggs, Paul Tyrer and Karen Corteen -- Defined by men's abuse : the 'spoiled identity' of domestic violence survivors / Rosemary Aris, Gill Hague and Audrey Mullender.

Bouncers and social context of violence : masculinity, class and violence in the night-time economy / Simon Winlow, Dick Hobbs, Stuart Lister and Phil Hadfield -- Violence in a changing political context : Northern Ireland and South Africa / Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan -- Institutional violence : prison conflicts in context / Kimmett Edgar, Carol Martin and Ian O'Donnell -- Violence, fear and 'the everyday' : negotiating spatial practice in the city of Belfast / Karen Lysaght and Anne Basten.

Aims to break open our way of speaking about violence and demonstrate the value in exploring the multiple, contradictory and complex meanings of violence in society.

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