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Networks, support groups, and domestic violence
JOURNAL: Development in Practice
VOLUME: 6 ISSUE: 4
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AUTHOR:
Purna Sen
EDITED BY:
Deborah Eade
ISSN: 0961-4524 E-ISSN: 1364-9213
STOCK CODE: 002J0173
AVAILABILITY:
Available online only
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT:
Downloadable PDF
(pp: 18)
PUBLISHED:
Nov 1996
READERSHIP:
Professional and Practitioners, Activists and Campaigners, Postgraduate, Undergraduate,
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ABSTRACT
The author researched women's experiences of domestic violence and abuse in Calcutta, India. She reports on their strategies for coping with and resisting this violence, noting that the majority of the women developed resistance strategies, and that in many cases these worked. A pragmatic approach is taken, since, the author argues, it is unhelpful to assume that the best course of action for these women would be to leave their partners. The women who were most successful in resisting violence were those who were least isolated; who had access to other family members, or other women through a variety of organisations. (Please note that this article must be downloaded as part of a compiled PDF, which contains more than one article. You may have to scroll down to find the relevant article.)
The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not
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