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Dangerous Exits: Escaping Abusive Relationships in Rural America
Author(s): Walter DeKeseredy (Author), Martin Schwartz (Author), Joseph Donnermeyer (Foreword)
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication Date: 28 May 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 0813545188
- ISBN-13: 9780813545189
Book Description
Strikingly, scant attention has focused on the victimization of women who want to leave their hostile partners. This groundbreaking work challenges the perception that rural communities are safe havens from the brutality of urban living. Identifying hidden crimes of economic blackmail and psychological mistreatment, and the complex relationship between patriarchy and abuse, Walter S. DeKeseredy and Martin D. Schwartz propose concrete and effective solutions, giving voice to women who have often suffered in silence.
Editorial Reviews
Review
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Dangerous Exits is a new qualitative study examining the physical, psychological, and sexual violence experienced by rural women in the process of leaving their intimate partners. The book consistently takes its cues from the voices of real rural women, and its grounding in the principles of participatory feminist research is nothing short of exemplary.”– “African American Review” (1/1/2099 12:00:00 AM)“Bravo to DeKeseredy and Schwartz for addressing the important but neglected topic of abused women and rural culture. The authors offer compelling policy suggestions for effective prevention and increasing personal and collective efficacy.”–Susan L. Miller “University of Delaware” (2/4/2009 12:00:00 AM)
“This book deserves a special place among the panoply of new scholarship on rural crime. Innovative and multi-dimensional,
Dangerous Exits sounds a powerful call for action and policy change.”–from the foreword by Joseph F. Donnermeyer (9/23/2008 12:00:00 AM)
