Publication Date:
2014
abstract:
The contribution illustrates the charatheristics of the different forms of violence related to each monologue, with statitical data and information on local laws and regulation of the considered countries. The author also collaborated to the writing of the monologues.
In these stories, women who were victims of murder regain their voices to tell their truths. With a factual basis and cinematic flair, these works compel the reader to consider the violence that is taking place right now all over the world.
Iris type:
02.01 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
FEMICIDE; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; definition of femicide; prevalence data
List of contributors:
Misiti, Maura
Book title:
Wounded to Death - Stories of Gender Violence