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245 0 0 _aDomestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial Africa /
_cedited by Emily Burrill, Richard Roberts, and Elizabeth Thornberry.
264 1 _aAthens, Ohio :
_bOhio University Press,
_c[2010]
264 4 _c�2010
300 _a1 online resource (314 pages) :
_bmaps.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aNew African histories series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.
505 0 0 _gpt. 1. Domestic violence, relationships of servitude, and the family.
_tDomestic violence, colonial courts, and the end of slavery in French Soudan, 1905-12 /
_rEmily Burrill and Richard Roberts --
_tDomestic violence and child circulation in the Southeastern Gold Coast, 1905-28 /
_rCati Coe --
_tContinuum of gendered violence : the colonial invention of female desertion as a customary criminal offense, French Soudan, 1900-1949 /
_rMarie Rodet --
_tViolated domesticity in Italian East Africa, 1937-40 /
_rMartina Salvante --
_gpt. 2. Narating domestic violence.
_tSex, violence, and family in South Africa's Eastern Cape /
_rElizabeth Thornberry --
_tChild marriage and domestic violence : Islamic and colonial discourses on gender relations and female status in Zanzibar, 1900-1950s /
_rElke E. Stockreiter --
_tFatal families : narratives of spousal killing and domestic violence in murder trials in Kenya and Nyasaland, c. 1930-56 /
_rStacey Hynd --
_tDomestic dramas and occult acts : witchcraft and violence in the arena of the intimate /
_rKatherine Luongo --
_gpt. 3. Domestic violence, conjugal relationships, and the politics of the state in postcolonial Africa.
_t"I killed her because she disobeyed me in wearing this new hairstyle ..." : gender-based violence, laws, and impunity in Senegal /
_rCodou Bop --
_tThe logics of controversy : gender violence as a site of frictions in Ghanaian advocacy /
_rSaida Hod�zi�c --
_tConstructing law, contesting violence : the Senegalese family code and narratives of domestic abuse /
_rScott London --
_tDomestic violence as a human rights violation : the challenges of a regional human rights approach in Africa /
_rBenedetta Faedi --
_tFinding gendered justice in the age of human rights /
_rPamela Scully.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aFamily violence
_zAfrica
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFamily violence
_xLaw and legislation
_zAfrica
_xHistory.
650 0 _aJustice, Administration of
_zAfrica
_xHistory.
650 0 _aColonies
_zAfrica
_xHistory.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aBurrill, Emily,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aRoberts, Richard L.,
_d1949-
_eeditor.
700 1 _aThornberry, Elizabeth,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tDomestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial Africa.
_dAthens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2010]
_hviii, 303 pages ; 24 cm
_kNew African histories series
_z9780821419281
_w(OCoLC)ocn475442794
_w(DLC)10904204
797 2 _aebrary.
830 0 _aNew African histories series.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10904204
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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