Mobilizing culture as an asset: a transdisciplinary effort to rethink gender violence Madelaine Adelman, Hillary Haldane, and Jennifer R. Wies
By: Adelman, Madelaine
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Contributor(s): Haldane, Hillary J | Wies, Jennifer R.
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ArticleSeries: Violence Against Women.Publisher: Sage, 2012Subject(s): DATING VIOLENCE | GENDER | PRIMARY PREVENTION | ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP ABUSE | UNITED STATES | CULTURE | SEXUAL VIOLENCEOnline resources: Access abstract
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Violence Against Women, 2012, 18(6): 691– 700Summary: The contested relationship between gender violence and the “culture concept” can be found in the cultural defense of gender violence, gender violence linked to postcolonial retraditionalizations of family life, the underpolicing of gender violence associated with communities labeled as culturally backward, and the overpolicing of activities categorized by human rights advocates as harmful traditional practices. Culture has been used to defend, explain, or excuse gender violence, and seen as a barrier to the elimination of gender violence. Here, however, the authors analyze how culture has been mobilized strategically as a resource in the struggle against gender violence. (Authors' abstract)
Violence Against Women, 2012, 18(6): 691– 700
The contested relationship between gender violence and the “culture concept” can be found in the cultural defense of gender violence, gender violence linked to postcolonial retraditionalizations of family life, the underpolicing of gender violence associated with communities labeled as culturally backward, and the overpolicing of activities categorized by human rights advocates as harmful traditional practices. Culture has been used to defend, explain, or excuse gender violence, and seen as a barrier to the elimination of gender violence. Here, however, the authors analyze how culture has been mobilized strategically as a resource in the struggle against gender violence. (Authors' abstract)
