Behind closed doors: domestic violence in India
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi SAGE Publications 2004
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Introduction / Rinki Bhattacharya -- Devi, the disempowered goddess / Anwesha Arya -- Contextualizing domestic violence : family, community, state / Sobha Venkatesh Ghosh -- The narratives / Rinki Bhattacharya -- Police attitude and women / Kalindi Muzumdar -- Domestic violence : studying public hospital records / Achala Daga -- Roadmap for support / Rinki Bhattacharya -- Afterword / by Chhaya Dey
To be assaulted, abused and raped by someone as intimate as a husband, or lover, is the most degrading experience for a woman. Not recognized as 'real' violence, abuse of this nature is experienced daily by countless women in every culture. Behind closed doors of family, custom, values, traditions that are taken for granted and never questioned - are muffled voices of terror and trauma, which do not reach beyond the threshold nor attract the attention of lawmakers or redress agents. Edited by a renowned women's rights activist and a former victim of domestic violence, the book takes us inside
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ISBN:8132103270
9788132103271

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