No more secrets : violence in lesbian relationships /

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Violence is a male biological trait. When women fight, no one gets seriously hurt. Lesbians don't abuse their spouses. The truth revealed in Janice Ristock's groundbreaking book is that lesbian relationships sometimes do turn violent. Based on interviews with more than one hundred lesbians...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ristock, Janice L. (Janice Lynn) (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; London : Routledge, 2002.
Subjects:
Abused lesbians.
Lesbian couples.
Marital violence.
Family violence.
Spousal abuse.
Spouse Abuse
Lesbiennes victimes de violence.
Couples de lesbiennes.
Violence entre conjoints.
Violence familiale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Spousal abuse
Abused lesbians
Family violence
Lesbian couples
Marital violence
Lesbiennes.
Partnerrelaties.
Geweld.
Mishandeling.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of lesbian partner abuse : creating a new category
  • Troubling tales : telling stories, exposing language, raising questions
  • A material tale : telling stories. What the body remembers : lesbians' experiences of relationship violence
  • An innocence lost : responses to violence
  • A discursive tale : exposing language. What's written on the body
  • The politics of responding to violence in lesbian relationships
  • A reflexive tale : raising questions. Looking forward.

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