Domestic Violence at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender: Challenges and Contributions to Understanding Violence Against Marginalized Women in Diverse Communities

This article provides a comprehensive review of the emerging domestic violence literature using a race, class, gender, sexual orientation intersectional analysis and structural framework fostered by women of color and their allies to understand the experiences and contexts of domestic violence for m...

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Published in:Violence against women 2005-01, Vol.11 (1), p.38-64
Main Authors: Sokoloff, Natalie J., Dupont, Ida
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Battered Women
Cultural Characteristics
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Sensitivity
Domestic violence
Domestic Violence - prevention & control
Family Violence
Female
Feminism
Gender
Humans
Intervention
Interventions
Minority Groups
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Race
Sex
Sex Factors
Social Class
Social Values
Spouse Abuse
Stereotyped Behavior
United States
Women's Rights - standards
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Summary:This article provides a comprehensive review of the emerging domestic violence literature using a race, class, gender, sexual orientation intersectional analysis and structural framework fostered by women of color and their allies to understand the experiences and contexts of domestic violence for marginalized women in U.S. society. The first half of the article lays out a series of challenges that an intersectional analysis grounded in a structural framework provides for understanding the role of culture in domestic violence. The second half of the article points to major contributions of such an approach to feminist methods and practices in working with battered women on the margins of society.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801204271476