Women, violence and social stigma
Subtitle: a sociology of burn attacks
By: L. Allen Furr
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Jaipur
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9788131609354
Subjects: Women; Crimes against; Social conditions; Health and hygiene; Stigma (Social psychology); Frau; Verbrechensopfer; Verbrennung; Weibliche Stigmatisierte; Witwenverbrennung; Gewalt
Notes: "This book seeks to make sociological sense of the stories of Indian women who have been set afire by husbands in the course of some domestic problem"--Page 15.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Of fire and face : the stigma of facial burns; title: 2. The meaning of gender in India; title: 3. Burning women : facts and treatments; title: 4. Stigma; title: 5. Conclusions; title: Bibliography; title: Index.