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

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