Across the public/private boundary: contextualising domestic violence in South Africa

Agenda

Volumn 19, Issue 66, 2005, Pages 4-15

  Bassadien, Shahana Rasool ^a   Hochfeld, Tessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

dichotomy; domestic violence; public private; social discourses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85144184975     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2005.9674640     Document Type: Article

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