| Description |
[x], 303 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
New African histories series |
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New African histories series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Domestic violence and the law in Africa / Emily Burrill, Richard Roberts, Elizabeth Thornberry -- Domestic violence, colonial courts, and the end of slavery in French Soudan, 1905-12 / Emily Burrill, Richard Roberts -- Domestic violence and child circulation in the Southeastern Gold Coast, 1905-28 / Cati Coe -- Continuum of gendered violence : the colonial invention of female desertion as a customary criminal offense, French Soudan, 1900-1949 / Marie Rodet -- Violated domesticity in Italian East Africa, 1937-40 / Martina Salvante -- Sex, violence, and family in South Africa's Eastern Cape / Elizabeth Thornberry -- Child marriage and domestic violence : Islamic and colonial discourses on gender relations and female status in Zanzibar, 1900-1950s / Elke E. Stockreiter -- Fatal families : narratives of spousal killing and domestic violence in murder trials in Kenya and Nyasaland, c. 1930-56 / Stacey Hynd -- Domestic dramas and occult acts : witchcraft and violence in the arena of the intimate / Katherine Luongo -- "I killed her because she disobeyed me in wearing this new hairstyle..." : gender-based violence, laws, and impunity in Senegal / Codou Bop -- The logics of controversy : gender violence as a site of frictions in Ghanaian advocacy / Saida Hodzic -- Constructing law, contesting violence : the Senegalese family code and narratives of domestic abuse / Scott London -- Domestic violence as a human rights violation : the challenges of a regional human rights approach in Africa / Benedetta Faedi -- Afterword : Finding gendered justice in the age of human rights / Pamela Scully. |
| Subject |
Family violence -- Africa -- History.
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Family violence -- Law and legislation -- Africa -- History.
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Justice, Administration of -- Africa -- History.
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Colonies -- Africa -- History.
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| Added Author |
Burrill, Emily.
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Roberts, Richard L., 1949-
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Thornberry, Elizabeth.
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| ISBN |
9780821419281 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0821419285 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780821419298 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0821419293 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780821443453 (e-book) |
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0821443453 (e-book) |
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