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Reviews of Sue Lees' Publications
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| Losing Out: Sexuality and adolescent girls (1986) Sugar and Spice: sexuality and adolescent girls (1993) Maggie Morgan in Gender and Education October 1995 Vol 7 No. 3 pp 364-5
Chris Griffin in Journal of gender studies, Mar 1995, Vol.4, No.1, p.110 M. Newman in Women's studies international forum, Jul-Aug 1994, Vol.17, No.4, pp.451-452 Tank Green (review on website of former student of Sue's) David Archard in Radical Philosophy, Issue 81, Jaunary/February 1997 G. Mezey in Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, May 1997, Vol.8, No.1, pp.240- 242 Amanda Konradi, in Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal Vol 5 No 2, February 1999 Elizabeth Stanko in Sociological Research Online 1999 Lisa Parker in Women's Studies Quarterly XXVII nos 1&2 (Spring/Summer 1999) ‘The book pulls together the threads of violence to demonstrate its operation as a cultural phenomenon. The legal system is shown to privilege hegemonic masculinity, and, as such, is sympathetic to – or at least condones- the violation of anything associated with women, specifically femininity and homosexuality. … Read together these essays highlight the connections between rape, assault, and murder of women and the discourses of sexual reputation and hegemonic masculinity’. Janice Joseph in International Criminal Justice Review Vol 10 (2000) David Gadd in Feminist Legal Studies 7 (2): 215-218, 1999 Lynn Harwood in Issues in Social Work Education 19:1 (2000) Judith Milner: in British Journal of Social Work ( )
‘Although each essay can be read as a
freestanding piece of work, the underpinning theme of the disciplinary
processes which constrict and define women’s lives provides a
coherence to the book as a whole. The book builds up powerfully, with
each chapter providing evidence for the author’s main subject
– the parallel and interrelated nature of punishment
regimes and the control of disciplinary power over women’s
bodies….. the coherence and power of the argument make this book
much more than a collection of essays. It is a must for all courses
intending to examine issues concerned with oppression. It is also
important reading for practitioners dealing not only with women who
have experienced sexual assault, but also with women as service users
more generally’.
Anne Edwards in Sexualities 1 (3) (1998)
Drawing on the work of Foucault, Connell and
feminists such as Howe, MacKinnon, Smart and others,…Lees
advances our understanding of the deeply entrenched masculinist nature
of the processes and practices she has observed in her research and to
warn of the difficulties in the way of achieving the kinds of changes
to gender relations and to the criminal justice system that feminist
and other reformers are seeking’.
K. Terry in Policing and Society, 1999, Vol.9, No.1, pp.110-113 Paul Mullen in Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health Volume 8, Issue 3, 1998. Pages 234-236 James F. Hodgeson in International Criminal Justice Review Vol 11 (2001) Ruth Graham 'Deconstructing Reform: Exploring Oppostitional Approaches to Research in Sexual Assault' in Social and Legal Studies Vol 10 issue 2 (June 2001) pp 257-271 Margaret Greenfields in Feminist Review, 2002, No.72, pp.135-136 Neville Robertson in Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, Mar-Apr 2002, Vol.12, No.2, pp.143-145 Jill Radford in Women's Studies International Forum, Mar-Apr 2000, Vol.23, No.2, p.261 Rachell Armitage in Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Feb 2000, Vol.39, No.1, pp.107-109 S. Richter in Violence Against Women 2001, Vol 7. No :1 |