Introduction published in:
Critical perspectives on gender, politics and violence
Edited by Eleonora Esposito
[Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 9:1] 2021
► pp. 1–20

Introduction

Critical perspectives on gender, politics and violence

| University of Navarra , Spain
Article outline
  • 1.For a discursive approach to gender-based violence
  • 2.Glass ceilings and gatekeepers: Triangulating violence, gender and politics
  • 3.A new continuum of violence
  • 4.Intersectional patterns of gender-based violence
  • References
Published online: 23 April 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/jlac.00051.int
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