Sanctions And Sanctuary
Cultural Perspectives On The Beating Of Wives| By: | Dorothy A Counts; Judith K Brown; Jacquelyn C Campbell |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780367286552 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781000310665 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1992 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Bringing together evidence from 15 Western and non-Western societies - ranging from hunter-gatherers to urban Americans - this book examines wife-beating from a worldwide perspective. Cross-cultural comparison aims to give a more accurate picture of cultural influences on wife-battering and to show the commonalities and differences of the phenomeno