Coercive control : the entrapment of women in personal life

Summary: INTRODUCTION. I. THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REVOLUTION: PROMISE AND DISAPPOINTMENT. 1. The Revolution Unfolds. 2. The Revolution Stalled. II. ENIGMAS OF ABUSE. 3. The Proper Measure of Abuse. 4. The Entrapment Enigma. 5. Re-presenting Battered Women. II. FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO COERCIVE CONTROL. 6. Up to Inequality. 7. The Theory of Coercive Control. 8. The Technology of Coercive Control. IV. LIVING WITH COERCIVE CONTROL. 9. When Battered Women Kill. 10. For Love or Money. 11. The Reasonableness of Battered Women. Conclusion: Freedom is Not Free.

Record details

ISBN: 0195348338
ISBN: 9780195348330
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 452 pages)
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-440) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The revolution unfolds -- The revolution stalled -- The proper measure of abuse -- The entrapment enigma -- Representing battered women -- Up to inequality -- The theory of coercive control -- The technology of coercive control -- When battered women kill -- For love or money -- The special reasonableness of battered women -- Conclusion: Freedom is not free.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.