num_pages: 268
description: Bringing together evidence from 15 Western and non-Western societies - ranging from hunter-gatherers to urban Americans - this book examines wife-beating from a worldwide perspective. Cross-cultural comparison aims to give a more accurate picture of cultural influences on wife-battering.
language: English
title: Sanctions And Sanctuary: Cultural Perspectives On The Beating Of Wives
titlecomplete: Sanctions And Sanctuary: Cultural Perspectives On The Beating Of Wives (Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective)
publisher: Westview Press