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Altering the Strands of the Fabric: A Preliminary Look at Domestic Violence in Ghana

1994; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/494945

1545-6943

Rosemary Ofeibea Ofei-Aboagye,

Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Previous articleNext article No AccessAltering the Strands of the Fabric: A Preliminary Look at Domestic Violence in GhanaRosemary Ofeibea Ofei-AboagyeRosemary Ofeibea Ofei-AboagyePDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Signs Volume 19, Number 4Summer, 1994Feminism and the Law Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/494945 Views: 128Total views on this site Citations: 37Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1994 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Isaac Dery, Constance Awinpoka Akurugu, Cuthbert Baataar "It Was All Wrong and Shameful to Beat Her": Discursive Analysis of Men's Talk of Intimate Partner Violence, Violence Against Women 29, no.3-43-4 (May 2022): 705–725.https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221083332Jessica Penwell Barnett, Eleanor Maticka‐Tyndale 'Money is what makes you to be called a man.': The interaction of resource access and gender norms in shaping intimate partner violence in urban slums, Journal of International Development 11 (Feb 2023).https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3764Crispin R. 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