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1. Introduction; 2. Foregrounding Patriarchy in a Larger Field of Domination of Nature; 3. The Intersection of Masculinity, Gender Violence and Domination of NonHuman Animals; 4. Trans Species Harm and The Multiplicity of Violence from Climate Change; 5. Conclusion: Toward a Nonviolent Ecological Society.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: ecofeminism, "nature", and gender violence -- Notes on terminology -- Conceptualizing gender violence -- What is ecofeminism? -- The debate over ecofeminism "naturalizing" women -- The scope of gender violence -- What is nature? -- Naturalizing violence -- "Taming" nature -- Gender violence through metaphor and language: a gender- ecology reading -- Rape of the earth -- Conclusion -- 2 Foregrounding patriarchy in a larger field of domination of nature -- Patriarchy and its many manifestations -- A key feature of patriarchy: domination -- A key feature of hierarchy: dualisms -- Hunting in patriarchal societies and gender violence -- Situating gender violence within a labyrinth of power and matrix of domination -- Conclusion -- 3 The intersection of masculinity, gender violence, and domination of nonhuman animals -- Introduction -- Hegemonic masculinity as master discourse -- Hegemonic masculinity as anti-ecological -- Meat and its symbolic link to masculinity -- Masculinity and blood sport -- The racialization of masculine identities through violence against animals -- Rodeo -- The fusion of objectified animals and sexualized females -- Taking seriously violence against nonhuman animals -- Conclusion -- 4 Trans-species harm and the multiplicity of violence from climate change -- Structural violence and climate change -- Direct violence and climate change -- Disasters and gender violence -- Cultural violence and nonhuman animal exploitation -- Linking violence toward animals and gender violence -- Link between human and nonhuman animal violence -- Violence against animals, interpersonal violence and war -- Conclusion -- 5 Conclusion: toward a nonviolent ecological society -- Posthumanism.

A major accomplishment of women's rights scholars and activists has been to make violence against women (VAW) visible. After decades of struggle, in a dramatic turn, VAW has become a highly politicized topic since the mid 1990's, and even more so after 9/11. An unfortunate side-effect of the increased recognition of harm done to women is that the issue of VAW is sometimes co-opted by the state and used in service of their political projects. In this paper I present the political co-optation of VAW as one of the pressing challenges facing scholars who conduct research on the problem of VAW. The issues detailed here have been debated in the transnational feminist theory literature and the feminist international relations (IR) literature for the last two decades. Yet, the issues detailed in this paper rarely appear in mainstream VAW research. This paper is an effort to encourage cross-fertilization between these fields and to outline key issues of engagement regarding the issue of the politicization of VAW. After detailing the problem of political co-optation I then go on to offer ideas about how to proceed as scholars and activists in a political climate where the issue of VAW is routinely misused as a tool by the state to serve political ends.

On April 16, 2007, a Virginia Tech student killed 32 of his classmates and professors and then turned the gun on himself. The media focused their power and our attention on the campus, the students and faculty of Virginia Tech, and the gunman and his victims. But we have yet to understand fully what happened in Blacksburg. There is a Gunman on Campus brings our thoughts back to the shocking campus shootings and the public reactions to the event, shining needed light on what occurred at the university, how American society reacted, and how it all fits into contemporary culture