Leaving Abusive Partners: From the Scars of Survival to the Wisdom for Change
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This moving book reshapes our understanding of the nature of woman abuse and makes a major contribution to a key issue for feminist campaigning and theory. The past 25 years of research on battered′ women has focused on the psychological, sociological and political conditions which contribute to violence, and on women′s reasons for staying with violent and abusive partners. The author goes beyond the discourse of victims′ and survivors′ to offer new insights into the very specific and multifaceted nature of the abuses women experience - emotional as well as physical.
Drawing on firsthand accounts, Kirkwood sheds new light both on the dynamics of abuse which afford abusers control over women and the resources and k
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803986866
ISBN13:9780803986862
Release Date:October 1993
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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