Australian Aboriginal History, Northern Territory, Australia - History, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Australian & Oceanic Studies - Australia & New Zealand - Native Peoples, Sex Role - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Fighting is common among contemporary Aboriginal women in Mangrove, Australia. Women fight with men and with other women --- often with "the other woman." Victoria Burbank's depiction of these women offers a powerful new perspective that can be applied to domestic violence in Western settings. Noting that Aboriginal women not only talk without shame about their emotions of anger but also express them in acts of aggression and defense, Burbank emphasizes the positive social and culture; implications of women's refusal to be victims. Human aggression can be experienced and expressed in different ways, she says, and is not necessarily always "wrong." Timely and controversial, Fighting Women will stimulate discussion of aggression and gender relations and will enlarge the debate on the victimization of women and children everywhere.Book Details
Published
May 19, 1994
Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1994.
Pages
266
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780520083073