Domestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial Africa /
Domestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial Africa /
edited by Emily Burrill, Richard Roberts, and Elizabeth Thornberry.
- 1 online resource (314 pages) : maps.
- New African histories series .
- New African histories series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.
Domestic violence, colonial courts, and the end of slavery in French Soudan, 1905-12 / Domestic violence and child circulation in the Southeastern Gold Coast, 1905-28 / Continuum of gendered violence : the colonial invention of female desertion as a customary criminal offense, French Soudan, 1900-1949 / Violated domesticity in Italian East Africa, 1937-40 / Sex, violence, and family in South Africa's Eastern Cape / Child marriage and domestic violence : Islamic and colonial discourses on gender relations and female status in Zanzibar, 1900-1950s / Fatal families : narratives of spousal killing and domestic violence in murder trials in Kenya and Nyasaland, c. 1930-56 / Domestic dramas and occult acts : witchcraft and violence in the arena of the intimate / "I killed her because she disobeyed me in wearing this new hairstyle ..." : gender-based violence, laws, and impunity in Senegal / The logics of controversy : gender violence as a site of frictions in Ghanaian advocacy / Constructing law, contesting violence : the Senegalese family code and narratives of domestic abuse / Domestic violence as a human rights violation : the challenges of a regional human rights approach in Africa / Finding gendered justice in the age of human rights / Emily Burrill and Richard Roberts -- Cati Coe -- Marie Rodet -- Martina Salvante -- Elizabeth Thornberry -- Elke E. Stockreiter -- Stacey Hynd -- Katherine Luongo -- Codou Bop -- Saida Hod�zi�c -- Scott London -- Benedetta Faedi -- Pamela Scully. pt. 1. Domestic violence, relationships of servitude, and the family. pt. 2. Narating domestic violence. pt. 3. Domestic violence, conjugal relationships, and the politics of the state in postcolonial Africa.
9780821443453 (e-book)
Family violence--History.--Africa
Family violence--Law and legislation--History.--Africa
Justice, Administration of--History.--Africa
Colonies--History.--Africa
Electronic books.
HV6626.23.A35 / D66 2010eb
362.82/92096
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.
Domestic violence, colonial courts, and the end of slavery in French Soudan, 1905-12 / Domestic violence and child circulation in the Southeastern Gold Coast, 1905-28 / Continuum of gendered violence : the colonial invention of female desertion as a customary criminal offense, French Soudan, 1900-1949 / Violated domesticity in Italian East Africa, 1937-40 / Sex, violence, and family in South Africa's Eastern Cape / Child marriage and domestic violence : Islamic and colonial discourses on gender relations and female status in Zanzibar, 1900-1950s / Fatal families : narratives of spousal killing and domestic violence in murder trials in Kenya and Nyasaland, c. 1930-56 / Domestic dramas and occult acts : witchcraft and violence in the arena of the intimate / "I killed her because she disobeyed me in wearing this new hairstyle ..." : gender-based violence, laws, and impunity in Senegal / The logics of controversy : gender violence as a site of frictions in Ghanaian advocacy / Constructing law, contesting violence : the Senegalese family code and narratives of domestic abuse / Domestic violence as a human rights violation : the challenges of a regional human rights approach in Africa / Finding gendered justice in the age of human rights / Emily Burrill and Richard Roberts -- Cati Coe -- Marie Rodet -- Martina Salvante -- Elizabeth Thornberry -- Elke E. Stockreiter -- Stacey Hynd -- Katherine Luongo -- Codou Bop -- Saida Hod�zi�c -- Scott London -- Benedetta Faedi -- Pamela Scully. pt. 1. Domestic violence, relationships of servitude, and the family. pt. 2. Narating domestic violence. pt. 3. Domestic violence, conjugal relationships, and the politics of the state in postcolonial Africa.
9780821443453 (e-book)
Family violence--History.--Africa
Family violence--Law and legislation--History.--Africa
Justice, Administration of--History.--Africa
Colonies--History.--Africa
Electronic books.
HV6626.23.A35 / D66 2010eb
362.82/92096