| Description |
xviii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Martha Albertson Fineman -- 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 / Kimberle Williams Crenshaw -- 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 -- 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 |
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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 -- Private Violence and Public Obligation: The Fulcrum of Reason / Jane Maslow Cohen |
| Analysis |
Families Violence |
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United States |
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Child abuse |
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Domestic violence |
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Overseas item |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-406) |
| Subject |
Family violence -- Government policy -- United States.
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Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Family violence -- United States.
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Feminist criticism.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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| Author |
Fineman, Martha.
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Mykitiuk, Roxanne, 1962-
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| LC no. |
94004591 |
| ISBN |
0415908442 |
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0415908450 (paperback) |
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