Engendering violence in Papua New Guinea

Engendering violence in Papua New Guinea / edited by Margaret Jolly and Christine Stewart ; with Carolyn Brewer.

This collection builds on previous works on gender violence in the Pacific, but goes beyond some previous approaches to'domestic violence'or 'violence against women'in analysing the dynamic processes of 'engendering'violence in PNG. 'Engendering'refers not jus...

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Other Authors: Jolly, Margaret, 1949-, Stewart, Christine, Brewer, Carolyn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Family violence > Papua New Guinea.
Social psychology > Papua New Guinea.
Social adjustment > Papua New Guinea.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Violence in society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Family violence
Social adjustment
Social conditions
Social psychology
Papua New Guinea > Social conditions.
Papua New Guinea
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Table of Contents:
  • The place of Papua New Guinea : gender violence / Margaret Jolly
  • Black and blue : shades of violence in west New Britain, PNG / Naomi McPherson
  • Troubled masculinities and gender violence in Melanesia / Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
  • Engendered violence and with-killing in Simbu / Philip Gibbs
  • Becoming Mary : Marian devotion as a solution to gender-based violence in urban PNG / Anna-Karina Hermkens
  • Engendering violence in Papua New Guinea courts : sentencing in rape trials / Jean G. Zorn
  • Conversations with convicted rapists / Fiona Hukula
  • 'Crime to be a woman?': engendering violence against female sex workers in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / Christine Stewart
  • Gender violence in Melanesia and the problem of Millennium Development Goal no. 3 / Martha Macintyre.

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