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Violence in a Structural & Cultural Context

Originally created for the 2014 Coursera course titled, “Understanding Violence,” Professor Pamela Scully discusses the concept of "structural violence." She explores how we can understand violence beyond one event, as a structural and cultural phenomenon. For more information on Emory University’s Coursera courses, please visit: https://www.coursera.org/emory (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Keywords:: Emory, gender, culture, marital rape, rape in wartime, parental discipline, history, structural violence, violence, women's studies

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Material Type:: Presentation
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 7, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:: January 2, 2021
Author:: Pamela Scully, Emory University
Submitter:: Stephanie Parisi
Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Professional
Technical Format:: Video

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States