With the knowledge and sensitivity of a teacher and counsellor, Ruth M. Mann details a community effort to establish a shelter for abused women in a small Ontario municipality. While other literature presents the ostensibly cohesive views of particular interest groups on the issue of domestic violence, Mann exposes the conflicts that actually occur, and the ways these conflicts fuel unintended outcomes. In Who Owns Domestic Abuse? The Local Politics of a Social Problem, the author ventures bravely into the politically charged debate over the definition of abuse, and emphasizes the fact that 'owning' a problem does not ensure the possession of viable answers. Rather than promoting a particular response to such problems, Mann uses personal accounts of abuse to make a space for the diverse perspectives of abused women and abusive men. She urges activists and intervenors to argue less and listen more.
| ISBN: | 9780802042484 |
| Publication date: | 18th March 2000 |
| Author: | Ruth Mann |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | Heritage |
| Genres: |
Violence and abuse in society Gender studies: women and girls Sociology: family and relationships Social work Coping with / advice about abuse |
With the knowledge and sensitivity of a teacher and counsellor, Ruth M. Mann details a community effort to establish a shelter for abused women in a small Ontario municipality. While other literature presents the ostensibly cohesive views of particular interest groups on the issue of domestic violence, Mann exposes the conflicts that actually occur, and the ways these conflicts fuel unintended outcomes. In Who Owns Domestic Abuse? The Local Politics of a Social Problem, the author ventures bravely into the politically charged debate over the definition of abuse, and emphasizes the fact that 'owning' a problem does not ensure the possession of viable answers. Rather than promoting a particular response to such problems, Mann uses personal accounts of abuse to make a space for the diverse perspectives of abused women and abusive men. She urges activists and intervenors to argue less and listen more.
Who Owns Domestic Abuse? features in the following genres: Violence and abuse in society, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships, Social work, Coping with / advice about abuse
Who Owns Domestic Abuse? is available in Paperback, Hardback
Who Owns Domestic Abuse? was written by Ruth Mann and published by University of Toronto Press
Who Owns Domestic Abuse? has 277 pages
Yes it is part of Heritage series