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Private violence : Latin American women and the struggle for asylum /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cleaveland, Carol (Author), Waslin, Michele (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2024]
Series:Latina/o sociology series.
Subjects:
Women > Violence against > Latin America.
Refugees > Latin America.
Réfugiés > Amérique latine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: asylum, trauma and marginalization
  • "Private violence" and public policy
  • "Women who are alone suffer"
  • Violence at home
  • Criminalizing asylum
  • Trauma: shared meanings and healing
  • "If I offended your country, I'm sorry."
  • Conclusion: the architecture of exclusion.