“It Was All Wrong and Shameful to Beat Her”: Discursive Analysis of Men’s Talk of Intimate Partner Violence

In this article, our aim is to foreground men's discourses on gender-based violence as linked to gendered hierarchies, power struggles, and social respectability in Ghana. Situated within decolonial feminist theories and drawing on interviews, we argue that men's interpretations of masculi...

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Authors: Dery, Isaac (Author) ; Akurugu, Constance Awinpoka (Author) ; Baataar, Cuthbert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Violence against women
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 705-725
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Northern Ghana
gendered hierarchies
Decoloniality
gender-based violence
hegemonic masculinities