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Domestic violence at the margins : readings on race, class, gender, and culture Sokoloff, Natalie J.; Pratt, Christina; (eds.)

Contributor(s): Sokoloff, Natalie J | Pratt, Christina.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: c2005 Rutgers University Press Description: 443 p.ISBN: 0813535700.Subject(s): CULTURE | RECOMMENDED READING | ABUSED WOMEN | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ETHNICITY | FEMINISM | GENDER | INTERSECTIONALITY | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | MIGRANTS | PRISONERS | SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS | WOMEN PRISONERS | UNITED STATESDDC classification: 362.8292 DOM
Contents:
Foreword / Beth E. Richie -- 1. Introduction to Domestic Violence: Examining the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender / Natalie J. Sokoloff and Ida Dupont -- Part I. Frameworks and Overarching Themes. -- 2. Strengthening Domestic Violence Theories: Intersections of Race, Class, Sexual Orientation, and Gender / Michele Bograd -- 3. Feminism versus Multiculturalism / Leti Volpp -- 4. A Black Feminist Reflection on the Antiviolence Movement / Beth E. Richie -- 5. Women's Realities: Defining Violence against Women by Immigration, Race, and Class / Shamita Das Dasgupta -- 6. Compounding the Triple Jeopardy: Battering in Lesbian of Color Relationships / Valli Kalei Kanuha -- 7. The Intersectionality of Domestic Violence and Welfare in the Lives of Poor Women / Jyl Josephson -- 8. Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex: Interpersonal and State Violence against Women of Color -- Incite!-Critical Resistance Statement with an introduction by Julie Sudbury. Part II. Culture, Resistance, and Community -- Introduction / Natalie J. Sokoloff and Kathryn Laughon -- 9. Violence in African American Communities / Robert L. Hampton, Ricardo Carrillo, and Joan Kim -- 10. Nashville: Domestic Violence and Incarcerated Women in Poor Black Neighborhoods / Neil Websdale -- 11. Violence in Ethnically Diverse Families: The "Political Gag Order" Has Been Lifted / Carolyn M. West -- 12. The Importance of Community in a Feminist Analysis of Domestic Violence among American Indians / Sherry L. Hamby -- 13. Rethinking Battered Woman Syndrome: A Black Feminist Perspective / Sharon Angella Allard -- 14. Recent Development: Lifting the Veil of Secrecy--Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community / Beverly Horsburgh -- 15. "I've Slept in Clothes Long Enough": Excavating the Sounds of Domestic Violence among Women in the White Working Class / Lois Weis, Michelle Fine, Amira Proweller, Corrine Bertram, and Julia Marusza -- 16. Fighting Back: Abused South Asian Women's Strategies of Resistance / Margaret Abraham -- 17. Puerto Rican Battered Women Redefining Gender, Sexuality, Culture, Violence, and Resistance / Michelle Fine, Rosemarie A. Roberts, and Lois Weis. Part III. Structural Contexts, Culturally Competent Approaches, Community Organizing, and Social Change -- Introduction / Christine Pratt and Natalie J. Sokoloff -- 18. The Cultural Context Model: A New Paradigm for Accountability, Empowerment, and the Development of Critical Consciousness against Domestic Violence / Rhea V. Almeida and Judith Lockard -- 19. Battering, Forgiveness, and Redemption: Alternative Models for Addressing Domestic Violence in Communities of Color / Brenda V. Smith -- 20. Sustaining an Ethic of Resistance against Domestic Violence in Black Faith-Based Communities / Traci C. West -- 21. Navigating the Anti-Immigrant Wave: The Korean Women's Hotline and the Politics of Community / Lisa Sun-Hee Park -- 22. Shifting Power for Battered Women: Law, Material Resources, and Poor Women of Color / Donna Coker -- 23. Reducing Woman Battering: The Role of Structural Approaches / Neil Websdale and Byron R. Johnson -- 24. Looking to the Future: Domestic Violence, Women of Color, the State, and Social Change / Andrea Smith -- Biographical Notes
Summary: Rejects simplistic analyses of the role of culture in domestic violence by explaining the support systems available to battered women within different cultures, at the same time addressing the distinct problems generated by that culture.
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Recommended reading

Foreword / Beth E. Richie -- 1. Introduction to Domestic Violence: Examining the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender / Natalie J. Sokoloff and Ida Dupont --
Part I. Frameworks and Overarching Themes. -- 2. Strengthening Domestic Violence Theories: Intersections of Race, Class, Sexual Orientation, and Gender / Michele Bograd --
3. Feminism versus Multiculturalism / Leti Volpp -- 4. A Black Feminist Reflection on the Antiviolence Movement / Beth E. Richie -- 5. Women's Realities: Defining Violence against Women by Immigration, Race, and Class / Shamita Das Dasgupta -- 6. Compounding the Triple Jeopardy: Battering in Lesbian of Color Relationships / Valli Kalei Kanuha -- 7. The Intersectionality of Domestic Violence and Welfare in the Lives of Poor Women / Jyl Josephson -- 8. Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex: Interpersonal and State Violence against Women of Color -- Incite!-Critical Resistance Statement with an introduction by Julie Sudbury. Part II. Culture, Resistance, and Community -- Introduction / Natalie J. Sokoloff and Kathryn Laughon -- 9. Violence in African American Communities / Robert L. Hampton, Ricardo Carrillo, and Joan Kim -- 10. Nashville: Domestic Violence and Incarcerated Women in Poor Black Neighborhoods / Neil Websdale --
11. Violence in Ethnically Diverse Families: The "Political Gag Order" Has Been Lifted / Carolyn M. West -- 12. The Importance of Community in a Feminist Analysis of Domestic Violence among American Indians / Sherry L. Hamby -- 13. Rethinking Battered Woman Syndrome: A Black Feminist Perspective /
Sharon Angella Allard -- 14. Recent Development: Lifting the Veil of Secrecy--Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community /
Beverly Horsburgh -- 15. "I've Slept in Clothes Long Enough": Excavating the Sounds of Domestic Violence among Women in the White Working Class / Lois Weis, Michelle Fine, Amira Proweller, Corrine Bertram, and Julia Marusza -- 16. Fighting Back: Abused South Asian Women's Strategies of Resistance /
Margaret Abraham -- 17. Puerto Rican Battered Women Redefining Gender, Sexuality, Culture, Violence, and Resistance / Michelle Fine, Rosemarie A. Roberts, and Lois Weis.
Part III. Structural Contexts, Culturally Competent Approaches, Community Organizing, and Social Change -- Introduction / Christine Pratt and Natalie J. Sokoloff -- 18. The Cultural Context Model: A New Paradigm for Accountability, Empowerment, and the Development of Critical Consciousness against Domestic Violence / Rhea V. Almeida and Judith Lockard
-- 19. Battering, Forgiveness, and Redemption: Alternative Models for Addressing Domestic Violence in Communities of Color / Brenda V. Smith -- 20. Sustaining an Ethic of Resistance against Domestic Violence in Black Faith-Based Communities /
Traci C. West -- 21. Navigating the Anti-Immigrant Wave: The Korean Women's Hotline and the Politics of Community /
Lisa Sun-Hee Park -- 22. Shifting Power for Battered Women: Law, Material Resources, and Poor Women of Color / Donna Coker -- 23. Reducing Woman Battering: The Role of Structural Approaches / Neil Websdale and Byron R. Johnson -- 24. Looking to the Future: Domestic Violence, Women of Color, the State, and Social Change / Andrea Smith -- Biographical Notes

Rejects simplistic analyses of the role of culture in domestic violence by explaining the support systems available to battered women within different cultures, at the same time addressing the distinct problems generated by that culture.