Violence Against Women in Asian Societies: Gender Inequality and Technologies of Violence (ASAA Women in Asia Series)

Extrait de amazon.com : "Violence against women is a violation of women's human rights and a priority public health issue. It is endemic worldwide. While much has been written about it in industrialized societies, there has been relatively little attention given to such violence in Asian societies. This book addresses the structural and interpersonal violences to which women are subject, both under conditions of conflict and disruption, and where civil society is relatively ordered. It explores sexual violence and coercion, domestic violence, and violence within the broader community and the state, avoiding sensationalised accounts of so-called cultural' practices in favour of nuanced explorations of violences as experienced in Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and India." Introduction: Gender Inequality And Technologies Of Violence / Linda Rae Bennett, Lenore Manderson -- Violence Against Maranao Muslim Women In The Philippines / Anne-marie Hilsdon -- Presumed Consent: Marital Violence In Bugis Society / Nurul Ilmi Idrus, Linda Rae Bennett -- Loss Of Face: Violence Against Women In South Asia / Mridula Bandyopadhyay, Mahmuda Rahman Khan -- Behind Bamboo Fences: Forms Of Violence Against Women In Myanmar / Monique Skidmore -- Rape And Sexual Transgression In Cambodian Society / Rebecca Surtees -- Sexual Coercion Amongst Adolescents In An Urban Slum In India / Geeta Sodhi, Manish Verma -- Violence Against Women: The Challenges For Malaysian Women / Rebecca Foley -- Notes Of An Out-of-place Widow / Jacqueline Aquino Siapno -- Whose Honour, Whose Shame? Gender-based Violence, Rights And Health / Jill Astbury. Edited By Lenore Manderson And Linda Rae Bennett. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 171-187) And Index.