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Gender Violence: A Cultural Perspective

Sally Engle Merry
ISBN: 978-0-631-22358-0
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224 pages
December 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface vi

1 Introduction 1

2 Gender Violence and Social Movements 25

3 Punishment, Safety, and Reform: Interventions in Domestic Violence 48

4 Gender Violence as a Human Rights Violation 77

5 Poverty, Racism, and Migration 102

6 Violent "Cultural" Practices in the Family 127

7 Women and Armed Confl ict 156

8 Conclusions 179

References 187

Index 207

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