Power and gender: Violence and affection experienced by children in Barbados, West Indies

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-128

  Handwerker, W Penn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Affection; Barbados; Gender and intergenerational power relations; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BARBADOS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030321109     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.1996.9966131     Document Type: Article

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