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The public nature of private violence : the discovery of domestic abuse
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"Explores diverse feminist and legal responses to domestic violence across cultures. Argues that domestic violence must be viewed in its social and cultural context and offers suggestions for those...
"Explores diverse feminist and legal responses to domestic violence across cultures. Argues that domestic violence must be viewed in its social and cultural context and offers suggestions for those dealing with incidents of abuse. " --
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- Creator
- [edited by] Martha Albertson Fineman, Roxanne Mykitiuk
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- English
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- New York ; London : Routledge, 1994
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24cm
- ISBNs
- 0415908442, 9780415908443, 0415908450, 9780415908450
- OCLC
- ocm29909751
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-406).
- Section I / Images of Violence -- Introduction / Susan F. Hirsch -- Reframing "domestic violence" : terrorism in the home / Isabel Marcus -- The violence of privacy / Elizabeth M. Schneider -- Victimization or oppression? Women's lives, violence, and agency / Martha R. Mahoney -- Mapping the margins : intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw -- Section II / Feminist Theory and Legal Norms -- Joan Meier -- Child that's got her own / Marcia Sells -- The youngest members : harm to children and the role of religious communities / Shauna Van Praagh -- Child abuse : a problem for feminist theory / Marie Ashe and Naomi R. Cahn -- Abuse by any other name : feminism, difference, and intralesbian violence / Mary Eaton -- The death penalty and the domestic discount / Elizabeth Rapaport -- Section III / International and comparative perspectives on domestic violence -- Michele E. Beasley -- Domestic violence in Ghana : some initial questions / Rosemary Ofeibea Ofei-Aboagye -- Killing "the angel in the house" : digging for the political vortex of male violence against women / Celina Romany -- Civil remedies for childhood sexual abuse in Canada : trying to break the silence / Nathalie Des Rosiers -- Domestic violence as a human rights issue / Michele E. Beasley and Dorothy Q. Thomas -- Section IV / Policy postscript Private violence and public obligation : the fulcrum of reason / Jane Maslow Cohen