Sex and Violence

Details the latest research in understanding and controlling violent and sexual offences.

Penelope Harvey is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of  Manchester. Peter Gow is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of  Manchester.

Introduction 1 Transforming love: representing Fijian hierarchy 2 Condor and bull: the ambiguities of masculinity in Northern Potosí 3 Domestic violence in the Peruvian Andes 4 Ritual and the origin of sexuality in the Alto Xingu 5 Man the hunter: gender and violence in music and drinking contexts in Colombia 6 The problem of explaining violence in the social sciences 7 Cultural difference and the lust to kill 8 What counts as rape? Physical assault and broken contracts: contrasting views of rape among London sex workers