Violence in the City of Women : Police and Batterers in Bahia, Brazil /

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Brazil's innovative all-female police stations, installed as part of the return to civilian rule in the 1980s, mark the country's first effort to police domestic violence against women. This work explores this phenomenon as a window onto the shifting relationship between violence and gende...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hautzinger, Sarah J., 1963-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women.
Sex role.
Policewomen.
Masculinity.
Family violence.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Rôle selon le sexe > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Masculinite > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Violence familiale > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Policieres > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Femmes > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Sex role > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Masculinity > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Family violence > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Policewomen > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Women > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Brazil > Bahia (State)
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Brazil's innovative all-female police stations, installed as part of the return to civilian rule in the 1980s, mark the country's first effort to police domestic violence against women. This work explores this phenomenon as a window onto the shifting relationship between violence and gendered power struggles in the city of Salvador da Bahia.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (364 pages).
ISBN:9780520941151

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