Domestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial Africa
Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa reveals the ways in which domestic space and domestic relationships take on different meanings in African contexts that extend the boundaries of family obligation, kinship, and dependency. The term domestic violence encompasses kin-ba...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press
c2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30796982*spi |
| Sumario: | Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa reveals the ways in which domestic space and domestic relationships take on different meanings in African contexts that extend the boundaries of family obligation, kinship, and dependency. The term domestic violence encompasses kin-based violence, marriage-based violence, gender-based violence, as well as violence between patrons and clients who shared the same domestic space. As a lived experience and as a social and historical unit of analysis, domestic violence in colonial and postcolonial Africa is complex. Using evidence. |
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| Descripción Física: | viii, 303 p.: mapas |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 287-294) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780821443453 |
