Feminist perspectives on wife abuse / edited by Kersti Yllö [and] Michele Bograd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yllö, Kersti.

Bograd, Michele Louise, 1952-

Series:

Sage focus editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wife abuse.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

318 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1988]

Summary:

Why do men batter their wives? How do women define their experiences of violence? Is wife abuse related to child abuse? How do medical authorities react to wife abuse? This unique volume brings together well-known academics, activists and clinicians who approach these questions from a distinctly feminist perspective. They critically analyze lay and academic theories of wife abuse in order to develop theories that more accurately reflect the experiences of women.

Contents:

Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse: An Introduction / Michele Bograd 11

Part I. The Politics of Research

1. Political and Methodological Debates in Wife Abuse Research / Kersti Yllo 28

2. Research as Social Action: The Struggle for Battered Women / R. Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash 51

3. Fear of Crime and the Myth of the Safe Home: A Feminist Critique of Criminology / Elizabeth A. Stanko 75

Part II. Feminist Research

4. Wife Abuse, Husband Abuse, or Mutual Combat? A Feminist Perspective on the Empirical Findings / Daniel G. Saunders 90

5. How Women Define Their Experiences of Violence / Liz Kelly 114

6. Why Do Men Batter Their Wives? / James Ptacek 133

7. On the Relationship Between Wife Beating and Child Abuse / Lee H. Bowker, Michelle Arbitell, J. Richard McFerron 158

Part III. Rethinking Clinical Approaches

8. Treatment Models of Men Who Batter: A Profeminist Analysis / David Adams 176

9. Battered or Schizophrenic? Psychological Tests Can't Tell / Lynne Bravo Rosewater 200

10. Survivors of Terror: Battered Women, Hostages and the Stockholm Syndrome / Dee L. R. Graham, Edna Rawlings, Nelly Rimini 217

11. Beyond the "Duty to Warn": A Therapist's "Duty to Protect" Battered Women and Children / Barbara Hart 234

12. Not-So-Benign Neglect: The Medical Response to Battering / Demie Kurz, Evan Stark 249

Part IV. Building Bridges: Theory and Practice, Academics and Activists

13. Collaborative Feminist Research and the Myth of Objectivity / Lee Ann Hoff 269

14. Integrating Feminist Theory and Practice: The Challenge of the Battered Women's Movement / Ellen Pence, Melanie Shepard 282

15. Building Bridges Between Activists, Professionals, and Researchers / Susan Schechter 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0803930526 :

0803930534

OCLC:

16355290