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008			110331s1998 eng
022			_a1077-8012
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aO'Neill, Damian _91839
245			_aA post-structuralist review of the theoretical literature surrounding wife abuse _cO'Neill, Damian
260			_c1998
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490	0		_aViolence Against Women
500			_aViolence Against Women 4(4) 1998 : 457-90
520			_aThis article examines the various ways that the social science community has understood partner abuse. The author takes a poststructuralist perspective when reviewing different theories that have been used to explain wife abuse. The paper identifies five discourses: pathology; expressive tension; instrumental power; social system; and learned behaviour. The author discusses each discourse and the implications each one has for policy and practice, pointing out that the definitions and implications of the different discourses are often incompatible, if not in conflict.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCULTURAL ISSUES _9177
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_2FVC _aLEGISLATION _9346
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
773	0		_tViolence against Women 4(4) 1998 : 457-90
856			_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801298004004005 _zRead the abstract
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