Violence against women in Asian societies - Manderson, Lenore; Bennett, Linda Rae. (London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003)
Introduction: gender inequality and technologies of violence / Linda Rae Bennett, Lenore Manderson -- Violence against Maranao Muslim women in the Philippines / Anne-Marie Hilsdon -- Presumed consent: marital violence in Bugis society / Nurul Ilmi Idrus, Linda Rae Bennett -- Loss of face: violence against women in South Asia / Mridula Bandyopadhyay, Mahmuda Rahman Khan -- Behind bamboo fences: forms of violence against women in Myanmar / Monique Skidmore -- Rape and sexual transgression in Cambodian society / Rebecca Surtees -- Sexual coercion amongst adolescents in an urban slum in India / Geeta Sodhi, Manish Verma -- Violence against women: the challenges for Malaysian women / Rebecca Foley -- Notes of an out-of-place widow / Jacqueline Aquino Siapno -- Whose honour, whose shame? Gender-based violence, rights and health / Jill Astbury.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index.
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Keywords: Women -- Crimes against -- Asia; Women -- Violence against -- Asia; Sex discrimination against women -- Asia; Electronic books