Authors:
- Sigita Černevičiūtė, Aleksanteri-instituutti: Valtakunnallinen Venäjän, Euraasian ja itäisen Euroopan tutkimuskeskus (Aleksanteri Institute - Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies), Helsingin yliopisto (University of Helsinki) - Academia.edu, ORCID, ResearchGate

- Marianna Muravyeva, Aleksanteri-instituutti: Valtakunnallinen Venäjän, Euraasian ja itäisen Euroopan tutkimuskeskus (Aleksanteri Institute - Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies), Helsingin yliopisto (University of Helsinki) - Academia.edu, Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchGate

- Monika Rogers, (Department of the Twentieth-Century History), Lietuvos istorijos institutas (Lithuanian Institute of History) - Academia.edu, ORCID

Contents:

	1 Introduction Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law, and Legacy (p. 1) Marianna Muravyeva, Sigita Černevičiūtė, Monika Rogers
	2 Violence Against Women and Social Control in Seventeenth-Century Vilnius (p. 21) Povilas Andrius Stepavičius
	3 Body as Evidence: Forensics and Physical Evidence in Eighteenth-Century Prosecutions for Sexual Violence (p. 45) Marianna Muravyeva
	4 Violence and the Family: The Foundations of a New Domesticity and National Identity in Imperial Russia (p. 81) Curtis L. Richardson
	5 Violence Against Women and the 1905 Revolution in the Baltic Provinces of the Russian Empire (p. 115) Ineta Lipša, Līga Lapa
	6 Stigma or Insight? Analyzing the Role of Psychotrauma in Early Twentieth Century Hungarian Psychiatry (p. 145) Gábor Csikós
	7 Femicide and Fatal Family Violence in the First Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940) (p. 171) Sigita Černevičiūtė
	8 State Visions and Social Realities: Intimate Partner Violence in Early Soviet Russia (p. 199) Sharon A. Kowalsky
	9 Violence Against Women-Prisoners of Ravensbrück (p. 225) Maria Zima-Marjańska
	10 Displacement and Danger: Women in Ghettos and Camps of Eastern Europe During the Holocaust (p. 253) Daina S. Eglitis, Michelle Kelso
	11 Sexual Abuse of Women in Soviet-Occupied Lithuania: Legal and Political Dimensions of Rape (p. 283) Dovilė Sagatienė
	12 Who Is the Victim to Blame? Ideal Victim and Violence Against Women in Soviet Lithuania (p. 307) Monika Rogers
	13 Combatting Domestic and Gender-Based Violence in Ukraine: From the First Days of the Independence to Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion (p. 339) Maryna Shevtsova
	Index (p. 379)

Description: »This book offers a pioneering, interdisciplinary analysis of gender-based violence in Eastern Europe from the early modern period to the present. Through case studies of various Eastern European countries, the volume examines how empire, war, nationalism, socialism, and post-socialist transformation shaped legal, medical, and state responses to violence against women. It reveals how women’s suffering was repeatedly silenced, normalized, or politicized, particularly in times of conflict and authoritarian rule. Challenging Western-centric perspectives, the book positions Eastern Europe as a vital site for understanding the historical roots of contemporary debates on gender, justice, and memory.« (Source: Palgrave Macmillan)

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