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NO PLACE TO GO
LOCAL HISTORIES OF THE BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER MOVEMENT |
| By: |
Nancy Janovicek |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£94.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774814217 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774814218 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
9 October, 2007 |
| Pages: |
184 |
| Description: |
The first history of the battered women's shelter movement in Canada, this book traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue. |
| Synopsis: |
The first history of the battered women's shelter movement inCanada, No Place to Go traces the development of transitionhouses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wifebattering a political issue. Nancy Janovicek focuses on women'sgroups in small cities and rural communities, examining anti-violenceactivism in Thunder Bay, Kenora, Nelson, and Moncton. She also paysclose attention to Aboriginal women in northwestern Ontario, where theconnections between family violence and the devaluation of indigenousculture in Canadian society complicated effots to end domesticviolence. This book lays bare the aims and challenges of establishingwomen's shelters in non-urban areas. The local historiespresented here show how transition houses became hubs in a largermovement to change attitudes about domestic violence and to lobby forlegislation to protect women. |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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