Everyday violence in the lives of youth : speaking out and pushing back / edited by Helene Berman, Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao, Kate Elliott and Eugenia Canas.

"Though interpersonal violence is widely studied, much less has been done to understand structural violence, the often-invisible patterns of inequality that reproduce social relations of exclusion and marginalization through ideologies, policies, stigmas, and discourses attendant to gender, race, cl...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Berman, Helene, 1950- (Editor)
Richardson, Catherine Lynn, 1962- (Editor)
Elliott, Kate, 1987- (Editor)
Canas, Eugenia, 1973- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Winnipeg, Manitoba : Fernwood Publishing, [2020]
Subjects:
Youth and violence > Canada.
Arts > Therapeutic use.
Youth > Canada > Social conditions > 21st century.
Youth > Social conditions.
Youth and violence.
Canada.
2000-2099
Physical Description:xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Issued also in electronic format.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I: Why Y-Par? And What Is It?
  • Re-thinking Violence, Re-thinking Health, and Re-Thinking Research / Helene Berman, Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao, Kate Elliott & Eugenia Canas
  • Using Y-PAR and the Arts to Address Structural Violence in the Lives of Youth: Methodological Considerations / Eugenia Canas, Helene Berman, Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao, and Abe Oudshoorn
  • From Protection to Expulsion: a Critical Examination of aging out of care / Jennifer Fallis and Kendra Nixon
  • Symbolic and Discursive Violence in Media Representations: Portrayals of Indigenous and Muslim Youth in the Canadian Press / Yasmin Jiwani
  • Part 2 Violence Against Violence: Youth Stories Create Change
  • Indigenous Youth Use Art in the Fight for justice, equality and culture / Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao, Kate Elliott & Michelle Brake
  • Structural violence in the lives of youth experiencing homelessness / Abe Oudshoorn and Jessica Justrabo
  • Newcomer youth seeking inclusion and caring responses / Rita Isabel Henderson, Anshini Shah, Lynda Ashbourne, Rachel Ward, Alex Werier, Cathryn Rodrigues and Wilfreda E. Thurston
  • Trans Pirates for Justice: Gender and Sexual Minority Youth Resist Structural Violence / Mina Harker, Alex Werier, Cathryn Rodrigues, Wilfreda E. Thurston, and Rita Isabel Henderson
  • Emotional Exhaustion Created by Systemic Violence: How We Respond Through Social Movement, Action and Zines / Jenna Rose Sands
  • Part 3: Speaking out and pushing back: learning from youth
  • Can It Make a difference? Evaluating Y-PAR as a Health Promotion Strategy / Holly Johnson and Alyssa Louw
  • Speaking truth to power / Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao, Helene Berman, and Eugenia Canas.