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To have and to hit : cultural perspectives on wife beating / edited by Dorothy Ayers Counts, Judith K. Brown, and Jacquelyn C. Campbell.

Contributor(s): Counts, Dorothy Ayers | Brown, Judith K | Campbell, JacquelynMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c1999Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xix, 315 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0252024818; 0252067975 (pbk. : acid-free paper)Subject(s): Wife abuse -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studiesDDC classification: 362.82/92 LOC classification: HV6626.23.D44Summary: 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.
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"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.

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