Cara Diver

Marital violence in post-independence Ireland, 1922-96 (eBook, ePUB)

'A living tomb for women'

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Marital violence in post-independence Ireland, 1922-96 represents the first comprehensive history of marital violence in modern Ireland, from the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922 to the passage of the Domestic Violence Act and the legalisation of divorce in 1996. Based upon extensive research of under-used court records, this groundbreaking study sheds light on the attitudes, practices, and laws surrounding marital violence in twentieth-century Ireland. While many men beat their wives with impunity throughout this period, victims of marital violence had little refuge for at least fifty years after independence. During a time when most abused wives remained locked in violent marriages, this book explores the ways in which men, women, and children responded to marital violence. It raises important questions about women's status within marriage and society, the nature of family life, and the changing ideals and lived realities of the modern marital experience in Ireland.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526120137
• Artikelnr.: 57473487

Autorenporträt

Cara Diver received her Ph.D from King's College London

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Marital violence as a social problem in post-independence Ireland
1922-65 2 Towards an understanding of marital violence: causes
definitions
and interpretations
1922-65 3 Fighting back: resistance and responses to marital violence
1922-65 4 Children and marital violence
1922-65 5 The 'discovery' of marital violence
1960-80 6 Reforms to marital violence policy and legislation
1970-96 Conclusion Bibliography Index