Women and Gendered Violence in Canada: An Intersectional Approach

"Bruckert and Law have written an excellent book that explains how acts of gendered violence are informed by gender scripts and misogyny through a holistic approach that exposes the connections of violence against women with social, legal, historical, and political discourses, and they do so within an intersectional and interdisciplinary lens. Their strong emphasis on the structural nature of violence and on the role of neoliberalism, and their critique of how governance and carceral feminisms add to discourses and policies that can increase violence for some groups of women and men, is refreshing. The text is also richly Canadian, and I found the myriad case studies, examples, and references to Canadian law especially welcome. The pedagogical exercises are useful, thought-provoking, and appropriate to an undergraduate classroom."

Jen Marchbank, Simon Fraser University

"The reader is asked to consider new ways of understanding violence outside of the usual surface analysis of violence. This construct is precisely why this text is important. Women and Gendered Violence in Canada has possibilities for use beyond the usual gendered violence courses. Labour, social justice, criminology, law, and any course moving from intersectionality and across disciplines would find this text useful."

Helen Ramirez, Wilfrid Laurier University