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008			110331s2003 eng
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100			_aElizabeth, Vivienne _91100
245			_aSeparating from violent male partners : _ba resistant act in the midst of power relations _cElizabeth, Vivienne
260			_aBridgewater, MA _bBridgewater State College _c2003
300			_a19 p. ; computer file : PDF format (236Kb)
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520			_aThis journal article discusses separation as a form of resistance to male intimate partner violence. The author utilises a Foucauldian feminist poststructuralist approach to the analysis of the topic and seeks to address the widespread Western cultural response to intimate partner violence articulated in the question, "Why doesn't she leave?" The author argues that it is important to recognise separation as "an attempt to effect a long-term transformation of the extreme asymmetries in power relations to which abused women are subjected." In this analysis separation is seen as a tool to effect a long-term transformation, rather than to necessarily end the relationship. The author further argues that "because the success with which women can utilise separation as a tool of change is dependant upon the social contexts within which they are situated and operate, it is necessary to critically examine that context." These social contexts include the women's social networks of friends and family as well as the helping agencies such as the courts and social agencies she may need to interact with for support for her and her children. The author concludes that the central point of this paper is an analysis of the women's social networks' discursive constructions of separation which can govern its efficacy as a tool for transformation.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCOMMUNITIES _9142
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCULTURAL DIFFERENCES _9174
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCULTURAL ISSUES _9177
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILIES _9238
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER _9269
650	2	4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS _9568
650	2	4	_aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9624
650	2	4	_aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9624
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
500			_aJournal of International Women's Studies 4(3) May 2003 : 62-80
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
773	0		_tJournal of International Women's Studies 4(3) May 2003 : 62-80
856	4		_uhttp://www.bridgew.edu/SoAS/JIWS/May03/violent_partners.pdf
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