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To Have and to Hit
. Ed(S): Counts, Dorothy Ayers; Brown, Judith K.; Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
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Description for To Have and to Hit
Paperback. Places the problem of wife beating in a broad cultural context i Editor(s): Counts, Dorothy Ayers; Brown, Judith K.; Campbell, Jacquelyn C. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
This vitally important volume places the problem of wife beating in a broad cultural context in a search for strategies to reform societies, including our own, that are prone to this pernicious form of violence. Based on first hand ethnographic data on more than a dozen societies, including a number in Oceania, this collection explores the social and cultural factors that work either to inhibit or to promote domestic violence against women. The volume also includes a study of abuse among nonhuman primates and a cross-cultural analysis of the legal aspects of wife beating. By presenting counterexamples from other cultures, ... Read more
This vitally important volume places the problem of wife beating in a broad cultural context in a search for strategies to reform societies, including our own, that are prone to this pernicious form of violence. Based on first hand ethnographic data on more than a dozen societies, including a number in Oceania, this collection explores the social and cultural factors that work either to inhibit or to promote domestic violence against women. The volume also includes a study of abuse among nonhuman primates and a cross-cultural analysis of the legal aspects of wife beating. By presenting counterexamples from other cultures, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252067976
SKU
V9780252067976
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Reviews for To Have and to Hit
"It is imperative that these ethnographic accounts of violence against women be added to the literature, as they allow us to view this pervasive phenomenon from broader political, social, and economic perspectives." - Lori Kondora, Feminist Collections "This is an excellent, long overdue book ... that should be in all psychologists' libraries, to remind them to examine how the social ... Read more