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Violence against women in South Asian communities : issues for policy and practice / edited by Ravi K. Thiara and Aisha K. Gill; foreword by professor Liz Kelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Violence against--South Asia.
- Women.
- Women--Violence against--South Asia--Prevention.
- Women--Government policy--South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the key theoretical and empirical issues involved in gendered violence, ethnicity and South Asian communities. The editors draw together leading researchers and practitioners to provide a critical reflection of contemporary debates and consider how these reflections can inform policy, research and practice.
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER; Violence Against Womenin South Asian Communities:Issues for Policy and Practice; Contents; FOREWORD; Introduction; 1 Understanding Violence against South Asian Women:What It Means for Practice; 2 Charting South Asian Women's Struggles againstGender-based Violence; 3 Masculinities and Violence against Women in South AsianCommunities: Transnational Perspectives; 4 Shrinking Secular Spaces: Asian Women at the Intersect ofRace, Religion and Gender; 5 Moving toward a 'Multiculturalism without Culture':Constructing a Victim-Friendly Human Rights Approachto Forced Marriage in the UK
- 6 Continuing Control: Child Contact and Post-separationViolence7 Shariah Councils and the Resolution of MatrimonialDisputes: Gender and Justice in the 'Shadow' of the Law; 8 Protection for All? The Failures of the Domestic ViolenceRule for (Im)migrant Women; Conclusion: Looking to the Future; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; back cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612554940
- 9781282554948
- 1282554948
- 9780857002037
- 0857002031
- OCLC:
- 680017752
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