| Description |
xiii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Issues in society (Open University Press) |
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Issues in society |
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Issues in society (Open University Press)
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Issues in society.
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| Contents |
Pt. one. Families, violence and society -- 1. Your family, my family, their family -- 2. Violence in families -- 3. Families : fusion and fission -- Pt. two. Gender, age and violence -- 4. Embodiment, gender and violence -- 5. The ambiguities of elder abuse : older women and domestic violence -- Pt. three. Towards a critical theory -- 6. Unpalatable truths : recognizing and challenging myths --7. A critical social theory of families, violence and social change |
| Summary |
"In this innovative book, Linda McKie analyses violence among adults who are known to each other through intimate and family relationships. She examines the family as a changing institution and supposed haven from the public sphere of life, and uses case studies of domestic violence to develop a critical approach to sociological work on families and violence." "The book draws upon a range of sociological theories and research and, in particular, theories that address the themes of cohesion and conflict, and studies of gender and violence. Key reading for undergraduate students of the social sciences studying families, gender, health, criminology and the process and impact of social change."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [160]-170) and indexes |
| Subject |
Families.
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Family violence.
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| LC no. |
00002719 |
| ISBN |
0335215998 hardback |
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033521598X paperback |
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0335211593 hardback |
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0335211585 paperback |
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