Migration and class as constraints in battered women's attempts to escape violence in Lima, Peru

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 147-164

  Alcalde, M Cristina ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Domestic violence; Migration; Peru; Structural violence

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; VIOLENCE; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

LIMA [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751002057     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X06294140     Document Type: Article

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