The woman in the violence
Subtitle: gender, poverty, and resistance in peru
By: M. Cristina Alcalde.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780826517296
Subjects: Women -- Violence against -- Peru -- Lima; Poor women -- Peru -- Lima
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Life in the city : Lima, its possibilities, and its discontents; title: Reproducing structural inequalities within intimate relationships; title: Women's bodies, sexuality, and reproduction; title: Families, children, and mothering; title: Resources (Un)available : institutional aid and institutional violence; title: The everyday experiences and dangers of starting over; title: Conclusions: representing the woman in the violence and approaching violence in women's lives.