LEADER 04496nam 2200661 450 001 9910788351803321 005 20230725040424.0 010 $a0-8214-4345-3 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046686 035 $a(EBL)1743669 035 $a(OCoLC)794924337 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11354667 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10579317 035 $a(PQKB)10749957 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743669 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2866 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743669 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10904204 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046686 100 $a20100430h20102010 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDomestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial Africa /$fedited by Emily Burrill, Richard Roberts, and Elizabeth Thornberry 210 1$aAthens, Ohio :$cOhio University Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 225 1 $aNew African histories series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1929-3 311 $a0-8214-1928-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index. 327 $gpt. 1. Domestic violence, relationships of servitude, and the family.$tDomestic violence, colonial courts, and the end of slavery in French Soudan, 1905-12 /$rEmily Burrill and Richard Roberts --$tDomestic violence and child circulation in the Southeastern Gold Coast, 1905-28 /$rCati Coe --$tContinuum of gendered violence : the colonial invention of female desertion as a customary criminal offense, French Soudan, 1900-1949 /$rMarie Rodet --$tViolated domesticity in Italian East Africa, 1937-40 /$rMartina Salvante --$gpt. 2. Narating domestic violence.$tSex, violence, and family in South Africa's Eastern Cape /$rElizabeth Thornberry --$tChild marriage and domestic violence : Islamic and colonial discourses on gender relations and female status in Zanzibar, 1900-1950s /$rElke E. Stockreiter --$tFatal families : narratives of spousal killing and domestic violence in murder trials in Kenya and Nyasaland, c. 1930-56 /$rStacey Hynd --$tDomestic dramas and occult acts : witchcraft and violence in the arena of the intimate /$rKatherine Luongo --$gpt. 3. Domestic violence, conjugal relationships, and the politics of the state in postcolonial Africa.$t"I killed her because she disobeyed me in wearing this new hairstyle ..." : gender-based violence, laws, and impunity in Senegal /$rCodou Bop --$tThe logics of controversy : gender violence as a site of frictions in Ghanaian advocacy /$rSaida Hodz?ic? --$tConstructing law, contesting violence : the Senegalese family code and narratives of domestic abuse /$rScott London --$tDomestic violence as a human rights violation : the challenges of a regional human rights approach in Africa /$rBenedetta Faedi --$tFinding gendered justice in the age of human rights /$rPamela Scully. 330 $a Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa reveals the ways in which domestic space and domestic relationships take on different meanings in African contexts that extend the boundaries of family obligation, kinship, and dependency. The term domestic violence encompasses kin-based violence, marriage-based violence, gender-based violence, as well as violence between patrons and clients who shared the same domestic space. As a lived experience and as a social and historical unit of analysis, domestic violence in colonial and postcolonial Africa is complex. Using evidence 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aFamily violence$zAfrica$xHistory 606 $aFamily violence$xLaw and legislation$zAfrica$xHistory 606 $aJustice, Administration of$zAfrica$xHistory 606 $aColonies$zAfrica$xHistory 615 0$aFamily violence$xHistory. 615 0$aFamily violence$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aJustice, Administration of$xHistory. 615 0$aColonies$xHistory. 676 $a362.82/92096 702 $aBurrill$b Emily 702 $aRoberts$b Richard L.$f1949- 702 $aThornberry$b Elizabeth 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788351803321 996 $aDomestic violence and the law in colonial and postcolonial Africa$91354351 997 $aUNINA