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1 online resource (xii, 548 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Iceland / Anna María Hauksdóttir & Steinunn Gestsdóttir -- England / Elizabeth Donovan -- Portugal / Melanie T. Santos & Andrea E. Mercurio -- Italy / Scott Borrelli & Tommaso Palumbo -- Germany / Elisabeth Leembruggen-Kallberg, Silke Rupprecht, & Diane Cadmus -- Russia / Anna Fastenko & Irini Timofeeva -- Greece / Georgia Stathopoulou -- Turkey / Alev Yalçinkaya -- Saudi Arabia / Majed A. Ashy -- Israel / Odelya Pagovich -- Lebanon / Laura Sheridan & Ghassan Ghorayeb -- Somalia / Natoschia Scruggs -- South Africa / Ronel Fourie -- India / Sonai Chawla -- Japan / Mizuho Arai -- Korea / Mikyung Jang & Mi-Sung Kim -- Taiwan / Huei-Ping Liu -- Republika ng pilipinas, the Philippines / Nyryan E-V. Nolido -- Australia / Doe West -- Nicaragua / Kevin Powell -- Brazil / Wilson Bezerra-Flanders -- Colombia / Sharon Abramzon -- Canada / Indrani J. Dookie -- United States / Kimberly A. Rapoza -- Human rights / Marcus D. Patterson. |
| Summary |
Ask men and women around the world to define and give examples of abuse in families and they give a wide range of responses. What aspects of cultural and historical experience contribute to differences and similarities in the perspectives on family violence held by citizens of different countries? This is one of the questions addressed in this book, in which definitions and examples of abuse from men and women from every continent and a very diverse set of backgrounds are considered. It also provides information on the extent to which family violence is a recognized problem in each country, an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Family violence -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Family violence. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Interpersonal relations and culture.
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Interpersonal relations and culture. |
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Cognition and culture.
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Cognition and culture. |
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Context effects (Psychology)
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Context effects (Psychology) |
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Domestic Violence -- psychology. |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison. |
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Family Relations. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Malley-Morrison, Kathleen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: International perspectives on family violence and abuse. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2004 0805842454 0805842462 (DLC) 2004050679 (OCoLC)55146821 |
| ISBN |
1410610802 (electronic book) |
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9781410610805 (electronic book) |
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0805842454 |
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0805842462 (paperback) |
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