Representations of body and violence: the invention of "domestic violence" in East Timor

East Timor is now faced to a strong social and political change, which implies, on gender issues, the building of a new morality about domestic physical aggression. Based on the local translation of gender equality principles ? seen as universal values ? a set of actions against domestic violence is...

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Main Authors: Daniel Schroeter Simião, Arlete Dialetachi
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais (ANPOCS) 2007-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-69092007000100006&lng=en&tlng=en