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Family Ambiguity and Domestic Violence in Asia
Maznah Mohamad (Ed.)
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Description for Family Ambiguity and Domestic Violence in Asia
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mohamad, Maznah; Wieringa, Saskia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
This book revisits the issue of Domestic Violence (DV) in Asia by exploring the question of family ambiguity, and interrogating DV's relationship between concept, law and strategy. Comparative experiences in the Asian context enable an examination of the effectiveness of family regulations and laws in diverse national, cultural and religious settings. Key questions relate to the limits and relevance of the human rights discourse in resolving family conflicts; the extent to which power and control in intimate relationships can actually be regulated by a set of inanimate, homogeneous and uniform policies and legislations; and how the state relates to the ... Read more
This book revisits the issue of Domestic Violence (DV) in Asia by exploring the question of family ambiguity, and interrogating DV's relationship between concept, law and strategy. Comparative experiences in the Asian context enable an examination of the effectiveness of family regulations and laws in diverse national, cultural and religious settings. Key questions relate to the limits and relevance of the human rights discourse in resolving family conflicts; the extent to which power and control in intimate relationships can actually be regulated by a set of inanimate, homogeneous and uniform policies and legislations; and how the state relates to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195557
SKU
V9781845195557
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99-50
About Maznah Mohamad (Ed.)
Maznah Mohamad is Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. She specializes in studies on the politics of family and Islamic law in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Saskia E. Wieringa is Professor at the University of Amsterdam. Her field of study includes women's same-sex relations across cultures.
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