New directions in sexual violence scholarship: law, power and change

This volume features 13 essays that seek to explore the nuances of individual and collective experiences of sexual violence and how they are reflected in, and shaped by, intersecting axes of power including gender, race and the material conditions of economic class. Several essays also reflect on domestic and international law and suggest new modes and frames by which to explain and understand sexual violence and institutional responses to it. The volume features some of the leading international scholars writing on sexual violence in the English language today alongside the insights of a new class of emerging scholars working within law and other disciplines, as well as activists leading campaigns for a world free from sexual violence. We hope that what has resulted will assist all those working on sexual violence to seek out new directions for their scholarship and, ultimately, for what we demand as ‘justice’ in the crowded fields of sexual violence research, law and policy.