| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface by Series Editor Mina Roces; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Why the Book?; 1 Domestic Violence: An Introduction to the Debates; 2 Cultures of Violence and Silence; 3 Culture, Power and Narratives in Domestic Violence Law; 4 Domestic Violence in the Harmonious Asian Family and the Enforcement of Heteronormativity in India and Indonesia; 5 Domestic Violence and Migration in the Philippines: Transnational Sites of Struggle and Sacrifice; 6 Investigating Intimate Violence: A Problem of Law |
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7 Malaysia's Domestic Violence Law: An Epic Passage, and the Clash of Gender, Cultural and Religious Rights8 The Indonesian Family as a Contested Site of Women's Rights: Implementation of the Domestic Violence Act; 9 Reflections on Domestic Violence as Gender-Based Violence in European Legal Developments; The Editors and Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Domestic violence in Asia is explored in this analysis through questions of family ambiguity and the relationship between concept, law, and strategy. Comparative experiences in the Asian context enable an examination of the effectiveness of family regulations and laws in diverse national, cultural, and religious settings. Key questions relate to the limits and relevance of the human rights discourse in resolving family conflicts; the extent to which power and control in intimate relationships can actually be regulated by a set of inanimate, homo |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Family violence -- Asia
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Family violence -- Law and legislation -- Asia
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Families -- Asia
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Families
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Family violence
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Family violence -- Law and legislation
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Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wieringa, Saskia E
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| ISBN |
9781782840152 |
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178284015X |
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