| Everyday Harm: Domestic Violence, Court Rites, and Cultures of Reconciliation Contributor(s): Lazarus-Black, Mindie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252074084 ISBN-13: 9780252074080 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: By investigating the harms routinely experienced by the victims and survivors of domestic violence, both inside and outside of law, Everyday Harm studies the limits of what domestic violence law can--and cannot--accomplish. Combining detailed ethnographic research and theoretical analysis, Mindie Lazarus-Black illustrates the ways persistent cultural norms and ingrained bureaucratic procedures work to unravel laws designed to protect the safety of society's most vulnerable people. Lazarus-Black's fieldwork in Trinidad traces a story with global implications about why and when people gain the right to ask the court for protection from violence, and what happens when they pursue those rights in court. Why is it that, in spite of laws designed to empower subordinated people, so little results from that legislation? What happens in and around courts that makes it so difficult for people to obtain their legally available rights and protections? In the case of domestic violence law, what can such legislation mean for women's empowerment, gender equity, and protection? How do cultural norms and practices intercept the law? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - Social Science | Women's Studies - Law | Family Law - Marriage |
| Dewey: 345.729 |
| LCCN: 2007005140 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.13" W x 8.9" (0.88 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By investigating the harms experienced by the victims/survivors of domestic violence, this work studies the limits of what domestic violence law can - and can't - do. It illustrates the ways cultural norms and bureaucratic procedures work to unravel laws designed to protect the safety of society's most vulnerable people. |