1st Edition
Domestic Violence in Asia Globalization, Gender and Islam in the Maldives
By Emma Fulu
Copyright 2014
210 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores changing patterns of domestic violence in Asia. Based on extensive original research in the Maldives, it argues that forces of globalisation, consumerism, Islamism and democratisation are changing the nature of domestic relations, with shifting ideas surrounding gender and Islam being particularly significant. The book points out that domestic violence has been relatively low... Read more
Preface: Insider / Outsider Introduction: Domestic Violence in Asia and Globalization from Below 1. Coercive Control: Patterns of intimate partner violence in the Maldives 2. The Protective Factors: Lessons for violence prevention 3. ‘A Good Wife Obeys her Husband’: The changing nature of the family 4. ‘For the Love of Women’: Increasing gender inequality 5. A Social Crisis in the Maldives Conclusion: Creating peace cultures: The way forward
Biography
Emma Fulu completed her doctorate at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
"Fulu’s analysis of a multi-faceted process of change and its impact on domestic violence is thorough and sensitive. She links individual-level risk factors for violence to changes that are imposed from the outside, via processes of globalization, and from within, as economic development increases income inequality and social tension. Particularly refreshing is that in providing a rich account of a peaceful Islamic society, Fulu’s work offers a corrective to popular ideas of Islam as necessarily damaging the cause of women’s rights. Although intended for an audience of academics and policy makers, Domestic Violence in Asia is accessible also to students interested in gender and development." - Nehaal Bajwa, LSE Review of Books
