Respectability, Chivalry and ‘Fixing’ Women: Men’s Narratives of Intimate Partner Violence in Cape Town

In this paper we argue that social representations are a key mechanism through which knowledge about intimate partner violence is shared and understood. We draw on in-depth interviews with 11 men who had perpetrated violence against an intimate woman partner and analyse the social representations of...

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Authors: Niekerk, Taryn Jill van (Author) ; Boonzaier, Floretta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 6, Pages: 1471-1489
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Rights Information:CC BY 4.0
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Keywords:
Gender
Género
Intimate Partner Violence
Narratives
Perpetrators of violence
Social representations
Violencia dentro de la pareja
acusados
relatos
representaciones sociales