Violence in the City of Women

Violence in the City of Women
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9780520252776
ISBN-13 : 0520252772
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Book Synopsis Violence in the City of Women by : Sarah J. Hautzinger

Download or read book Violence in the City of Women written by Sarah J. Hautzinger and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil's innovative all-female police stations, installed as part of the return to civilian rule in the 1980s, mark the country's first effort to police domestic violence against women. This work explores this phenomenon as a window onto the shifting relationship between violence and gendered power struggles in the city of Salvador da Bahia.


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