To have and to hit : cultural perspectives on wife beating /

To have and to hit : cultural perspectives on wife beating / edited by Dorothy Ayers Counts, Judith K. Brown, and Jacquelyn C. Campbell. - 2nd edition. - Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c1999. - xix, 315 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

"The first edition of this book was published as Sanctions and sanctuary: cultural perspectives on the beating of wives (Westview Press, 1992)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An interesting selection of essays is presented, starting with "Definitions, assumptions, themes, and issues" and "Wife abuse: does it have an evolutionary origin?". Then studies from around the world are reported: Australia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Central America,India, Taiwan and other places.

0252024818 0252067975 (pbk. : acid-free paper)


Wife abuse--Cross-cultural studies.--Developing countries

HV6626.23.D44

362.82/92