Author: Rachel Louise Snyder
- Non-Fiction
- Ediciones Urano
- ISBN: 9788417694128
- Release Date: 08-24-2021
Synopsis
Lo llamamos violencia doméstica. Lo llamamos violencia privada. A veces lo llamamos terrorismo íntimo. Pero como sea que lo llamemos, generalmente no creemos que tenga nada que ver con nosotros, a pesar de que la Organización Mundial de la Salud lo considera una "epidemia global". En Estados Unidos, la violencia doméstica representa el 15 por ciento de todos los delitos violentos y, sin embargo, permanece encerrada en silencio, desde tiroteos masivos, encarcelamiento masivo, hasta el movimiento #MeToo. Todavía no hemos tomado la verdadera medida de este problema.
La periodista Rachel Louise Snyder da contexto a lo que no sabemos que estamos viendo. Ella enmarca este informe urgente de la escala de violencia doméstica en nuestro país en torno a historias clave que explotan los mitos comunes: que si las cosas fueran lo suficientemente malas, las víctimas simplemente se irían; que una persona violenta no puede volverse no violenta; ese refugio es una respuesta adecuada; y lo más insidioso que la violencia dentro del hogar es un asunto privado, sellado de la esfera pública y desconectado de otras formas de violencia.
A través de las historias de víctimas, perpetradores, fuerzas del orden y movimientos de reforma de todo el país, Snyder explora las verdaderas raíces de la violencia privada, sus consecuencias de gran alcance para la sociedad y lo que se necesitará para abordarla de verdad.
In No Visible Bruises, Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don’t know we’re seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths -that if things were bad enough, victims would just leave.
We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a “global epidemic.” In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, and yet it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing national issues, from our economy to our education system, from mass shootings to mass incarceration to #MeToo. We still have not taken the true measure of this problem.
In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths-that if things were bad enough, victims would just leave; that a violent person cannot become nonviolent; that shelter is an adequate response; and most insidiously that violence inside the home is a private matter, sealed from the public sphere and disconnected from other forms of violence. Through the stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and reform movements from across the country, Snyder explores the real roots of private violence, its far-reaching consequences for society, and what it will take to truly address it.
