Being bashed: Western Samoan women's responses to domestic violence in Western Samoa and New Zealand

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-65

  Cribb, Jo ^a   Barnett, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

NEW ZEALAND; SAMOA;

EID: 0033047699     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663699925141     Document Type: Article

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