03871oam 22005294a 450 991081238790332120230124194013.0(CKB)3710000001118684(MiAaPQ)EBC4833715(OCoLC)945730287(MdBmJHUP)muse57474(EXLCZ)99371000000111868420160321d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBattering States[electronic resource] The Politics of Domestic Violence in Israel /Madelaine AdelmanNashville Vanderbilt University Press20171 online resource (290 pages)0-8265-2130-4 0-8265-2132-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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"--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. "--Provided by publisher.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish StudiesbisacshLAW / Family Law / GeneralbisacshFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner AbusebisacshSovereigntyIsraelFamiliesIsraelFamily violenceIsraelSOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.LAW / Family Law / General.FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner Abuse.SovereigntyFamiliesFamily violence362.8292095694FAM001030LAW038000SOC049000bisacshAdelman Madelaine1674164MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910812387903321Battering States4038793UNINA