No place to go : local histories of the battered women's shelter movement /
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| Author / Creator: | Janoviček, Nancy, 1968- |
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| Imprint: | Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007. |
| Description: | viii, 171 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6661967 |
| Summary: | The first history of the battered women's shelter movement in Canada, No Place to Go traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue. Nancy Janovicek focuses on women's groups in small cities and rural communities, examining anti-violence activism in Thunder Bay, Kenora, Nelson, and Moncton. She also pays close attention to Aboriginal women in northwestern Ontario, where the connections between family violence and the devaluation of indigenous culture in Canadian society complicated effots to end domestic violence. This book lays bare the aims and challenges of establishing women's shelters in non-urban areas. The local histories presented here show how transition houses became hubs in a larger movement to change attitudes about domestic violence and to lobby for legislation to protect women. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 171 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-163) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774814218 0774814217 9780774814225 0774814225 |
