Violence against women in Asian societies / edited by Lenore Manderson and Linda Rae Bennett. - 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations. - Women in Asia series . - ASAA women in Asia series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index.

gender inequality and technologies of violence / Violence against Maranao Muslim women in the Philippines / Presumed consent: marital violence in Bugis society / Loss of face: violence against women in South Asia / Behind bamboo fences: forms of violence against women in Myanmar / Rape and sexual transgression in Cambodian society / Sexual coercion amongst adolescents in an urban slum in India / Violence against women: the challenges for Malaysian women / Notes of an out-of-place widow / Whose honour, whose shame? Gender-based violence, rights and health / Linda Rae Bennett, Lenore Manderson -- Anne-Marie Hilsdon -- Nurul Ilmi Idrus, Linda Rae Bennett -- Mridula Bandyopadhyay, Mahmuda Rahman Khan -- Monique Skidmore -- Rebecca Surtees -- Geeta Sodhi, Manish Verma -- Rebecca Foley -- Jacqueline Aquino Siapno -- Jill Astbury. Introduction:

9781315029634


Women--Crimes against--Asia.
Women--Violence against--Asia.
Sex discrimination against women--Asia.


Electronic books.

HV6250.4.W65 / V564 2003

362.88/082/095