Gender-Based Violence in the Caribbean: Historical Roots, Contemporary Continuities

Bean, D., & Shepherd, V. A. (2025). Gender-Based violence in the Caribbean: Historical Roots, Contemporary Continuities.

Gender-Based Violence in the Caribbean: Historical Roots, Contemporary Continuities is a landmark collection that addresses one of the region’s most pressing crises. Edited by Dalea Bean and Verene A. Shepherd, the volume traces the historical roots of gender-based violence, showing how enslavement, colonial domination and systemic inequalities became embedded in cultural norms and everyday life. Contributors draw on court records, literature, music, oral histories and archival sources to uncover how violence – physical, psychological and symbolic – was normalized and perpetuated across generations.