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No Place to Go
Nancy Janovicek
其他書名
Local Histories of the Battered Women’s Shelter Movement
出版UBC Press, 2011-11-01
主題Social Science / Violence in SocietySocial Science / Women's StudiesSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American StudiesSocial Science / Gender StudiesHistory / Canada / GeneralPolitical Science / Human Rights
ISBN07748404479780774840446
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=M9N2VHEnq68C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The first history of the battered women’s shelter movement in Canada, No Place to Go traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue. Nancy Janovicek focuses on women’s groups in small cities and rural communities, examining anti-violence activism in Thunder Bay, Kenora, Nelson, and Moncton. She also pays close attention to Aboriginal women in northwestern Ontario, where the connections between family violence and the devaluation of indigenous culture in Canadian society complicated effots to end domestic violence. This book lays bare the aims and challenges of establishing women’s shelters in non-urban areas. The local histories presented here show how transition houses became hubs in a larger movement to change attitudes about domestic violence and to lobby for legislation to protect women.