Description |
x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Contemporary issues |
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Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.) |
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Contemporary issues (Crawley, W.A.)
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Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
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Contents |
Introduction: Making the personal political -- 1. From protection to empowerment: A background to feminist politics -- 2. Establishing a feminist refuge: Nardine as a 1970s response to domestic violence -- 3. Feminism in action: Philosophy and practice at Nardine -- 4. Making sense of domestic violence: History, discourse and lived experience -- 5. Breaking the silence: Responses to domestic violence in the 1980s -- 6. A police station, a post office and a women's refuge: Responses to domestic violence in the 1990s -- Conclusion: Doing themselves out of a job? |
Summary |
"Women's refuges in the 1970s were lonely voices speaking out about violence in the home. They provided crisis accommodation, and refuge staff worked with women to empower them to take control of their lives. But refuges did more than deliver these important services: they worked to politicize domestic violence. Politicians and bureaucrats began to take notice from the 1980s and, over time, service responses have improved. Significantly, too, women's tolerance of violence has decreased." "In More than Refuge, Suellen Murray traces these changing responses to domestic violence, using Nardine Women's Refuge in Western Australia as a case study. She also reminds us that domestic violence flourishes within an environment of unequal gender power relationships and that, for this reason, its elimination will take more than a refuge."--Book jacket |
Analysis |
Domestic violence |
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Refuges |
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Feminism |
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Western Australia |
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Case studies |
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Domestic violence & welfare (Australia ) |
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Women's shelters - Australia - Western Australia - Case studies |
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Women - Services for - Australia - Western Australia |
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Family violence - Australia - Western Australia |
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Women's shelters - Australia - Western Australia |
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Nardine Women's Refuge (W.A) |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 187-213 |
Subject |
Nardine's Women's Refuge (W.A.)
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Nardine Women's Refuge (W.A)
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Abused women -- Services for -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Women's shelters -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Women's shelters -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Case studies.
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Family violence -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Women -- Services for -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Women's shelters -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Case studies.
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Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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LC no. |
2002489332 |
ISBN |
1876268832 paperback |
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