Feeling Trapped: Social Class and Violence against Women (Volume 9) (Gender and Justice)

"The relationship between class and intimate violence against women is much misunderstood. While many studies of intimate violence focus on poor and working-class women, few examine the issue comparatively in terms of class privilege and class disadvantage. James Ptacek draws on in-depth interviews with sixty women from wealthy, professional, working-class, and poor communities to investigate how social class shapes both women's experiences of violence and the responses of their communities to this violence. Ptacek's framing of women's victimization as "social entrapment" links private violence to public responses and connects social inequalities to the dilemmas that women face"-- Provided by publisher Contents Preface Chapter 1 Conversations with Women about Abuse Chapter 2 The Hidden Dramas of Masculinity Chapter 3 Failed Femininity and Psychological Cruelty Chapter 4 Terror, Fear, and Caution: Physical Violence and Threats Chapter 5 The Continuum of Sexual Abuse Chapter 6 Economic Abuse: Control, Sabotage, and Exploitation Chapter 7 The Emotional Dynamics of Entrapment: Love, Fear, Anger, Guilt, and Shame Chapter 8 Separation, Healing, and Justice Conclusion: Intimate Violence as Social Entrapment Notes Bibliography Index