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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792732103321

Autore

Adelman Madelaine

Titolo

Battering States [[electronic resource] ] : The Politics of Domestic Violence in Israel / / Madelaine Adelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Nashville, : Vanderbilt University Press, 2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 pages)

Classificazione

FAM001030LAW038000SOC049000

Disciplina

362.8292095694

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies

LAW / Family Law / General

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner Abuse

Sovereignty - Israel

Families - Israel

Family violence - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

""Battering States examines ethnographically how the presence of a contentious multi-national and multi-ethnic population; competing and overlapping sets of religious and civil family law; a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor; and, the dominant presence of a security state informs the manifestation and regulation of domestic violence"--Provided by publisher"--

" Battering States explores the most personal part of people's lives as they intersect with a uniquely complex state system. The book examines how statecraft shapes domestic violence: how a state defines itself and determines what counts as a family; how a state establishes sovereignty and defends its borders; and how a state organizes its legal system and forges its economy. The ethnography includes stories from people, places, and perspectives not commonly incorporated in domestic violence studies, and, in doing so, reveals the transformation of intimate partner violence from a predictable form of marital trouble to a publicly recognized social problem.  The politics of domestic violence create novel entry points to understanding how, although



women may be vulnerable to gender-based violence, they do not necessarily share the same kind of belonging to the state. This means that markers of identity and power, such as gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion and religiosity, and socio-economic and geographic location, matter when it comes to safety and pathways to justice.  The study centers on Israel, where a number of factors bring connections between the cultural politics of the state and domestic violence into stark relief: the presence of a contentious multinational and multiethnic population; competing and overlapping sets of religious and civil laws; a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor; and the dominant presence of a security state in people's everyday lives. The exact combination of these factors is unique to Israel, but they are typical of states with a diverse population in a time of globalization. In this way, the example of Israel offers insights wherever the political and personal impinge on one another. "--