Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa, Hardcover ...

Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa, Hardcover by Burrill, Emily (EDT); Roberts, Richard (EDT); Thornberry, Elizabeth (EDT), ISBN 0821419285, ISBN-13 9780821419281, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKThis book contains selected papers from the Symposium on Law, Colonialism, and Domestic Violence in Africa and in Comparative Perspective, held in April 2007 at the Stanford Humanities Center. The term domestic violence is used here to mean controlling and punitive behavior, whether physical, psychological, or emotional. US and European contributors in history, anthropology, African studies, and women's studies reveal the ways in which domestic relationships and domestic violence take on different meanings in African contexts in which the boundaries of family obligation, kinship, and dependency are extended beyond Western norms. The contributors present historical, anthropological, legal, and activist perspectives on domestic violence in Africa in the past and present, and describe local and regional efforts to address the issue within the limits of international human rights conventions. Some specific topics explored include domestic violence in Italian East Africa 1, witchcraft and violence in intimate relationships, and gender based violence and the law in Senegal and Ghana. Burrill teaches women's studies and history at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()