Thematic section : femicide - a persistence social issue Martín Hernán Di Marco and Myrna Dawson
By: Di Marco, Martín Hernán.
Contributor(s): Dawson, Myrna.
Material type: ArticleSeries: International Sociology.Publisher: Sage, 2024Subject(s): FEMICIDE | HOMICIDE | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | INTERNATIONAL | CANADA | LATIN AMERICA | MEXICO | SOUTH AFRICAOnline resources: DOI: 10.1177/02685809241247637 (Open access) In: International Sociology, 2024, Online firstSummary: Evolving out of discussions at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne, Australia, in 2023, this thematic section of International Sociology attempts to capture some of the current debates and issues about femicide across the globe. Specifically, the newly formed Thematic Group 11 ‘Violence and Society’1 was the platform through which we started a conversation about these scholarly discussions being held in different continents through targeted sessions on this topic. This thematic section offers papers from three countries (e.g. South Africa, Mexico, and Canada) and one paper with a Latin American multi-country approach (including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela). Thus, this section aims to foster a dialogue across the realities of these three continents. Each article approaches femicide in different ways, highlighting the various theoretical frameworks and methods used. This heterogeneity shows the complex nature of this crime and, at the same time, the discussion has been provoked by inspecting femicide from different angles. (From the paper). Record #8639Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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International Sociology, 2024, Online first
Evolving out of discussions at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne, Australia, in 2023, this thematic section of International Sociology attempts to capture some of the current debates and issues about femicide across the globe. Specifically, the newly formed Thematic Group 11 ‘Violence and Society’1 was the platform through which we started a conversation about these scholarly discussions being held in different continents through targeted sessions on this topic.
This thematic section offers papers from three countries (e.g. South Africa, Mexico, and Canada) and one paper with a Latin American multi-country approach (including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela). Thus, this section aims to foster a dialogue across the realities of these three continents. Each article approaches femicide in different ways, highlighting the various theoretical frameworks and methods used. This heterogeneity shows the complex nature of this crime and, at the same time, the discussion has been provoked by inspecting femicide from different angles. (From the paper). Record #8639