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Domestic economic abuse : the violence of money / Supriya Singh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singh, Supriya, author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 322.
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 322
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family violence--Economic aspects--Australia--Case studies.
- Family violence.
- Abused women--Australia--Economic conditions--Case studies.
- Abused women.
- Money--Psychological aspects--Case studies.
- Money.
- Money--Psychological aspects.
- Economic conditions.
- Family violence--Economic aspects.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 113 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Supriya Singh is a sociologist of money, migration and family. She is Honorary Professor at the Graduate School of Business and Law, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Economic abuse is the untold story of family violence
- Carol: The joint account becomes a medium of abuse
- Ekta: The 'good son' sends her money to his parents
- Rina: Dowry is economic, emotional and physical abuse
- Geeta: He gave me coins, not notes
- Karen: 'I've been a single mother for most of my married life'
- Asha: 'You now belong to my family and your money is mine'
- Chitra: He and his family abused her for she did not behave 'like a good wife'
- Prema: He married her to get permanent residence
- Betty: After he died she recognised it as economic abuse
- Heer: She knew she should leave but was in a silent 'cultural bind'
- Bala: A story of torture, survival and empowerment
- Enid: Talking of money
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "Routledge Focus" -- Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Singh, Supriya. Domestic economic abuse
- ISBN:
- 9781003178606
- 100317860X
- 9781000456806
- 1000456803
- 9781000456783
- 1000456781
- Publisher Number:
- 40030682284
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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