Angela Hattery Co-Authors Text on Family Violence

by Christine Hernandez

Angela Hattery Co-Authors Text on Family Violence

Angela Hattery, Associate Director of Women and Gender Studies, is the co-author of the recently published text The Social Dynamics of Family Violence.  A major text, Angela was finishing up after she joined the Women and Gender Studies program in her current position last year.  The book is co-written with her long-time collaborator Earl Smith, Professor of Sociology and Director of American Ethnic Studies at Wakeforest University.  This publication includes an instructor's website with PowerPoint, presentations, exams, discussion questions, projects, and sample syllabi.

Description of text:

"This compelling new text explores family violence throughout the life course, with special attention to the social character and institutional causes of family violence.  From child abuse and neglect to intimate partner violence and elder abuse, Hattery and Smith ask students to consider how social inequality, especially gender inequality, contributes to tensions and explosive tendencies in family settings.  Students learn about individual preventive measures and are also invited to question the justice of our current social structure, with implications for social policy and reorganization.  Hattery and Smith pepper the text with evocative case studies from their own research and illuminating stories published in mainstream media.  Unique coverage of same-sex couples and multicultural couples, as well as of theory and methods, make this text an essential element of any course considering the sociology of family violence."