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
"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