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- Title: Domestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy (Book Review)
- Author : Journal of International Women's Studies
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 182 KB
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Domestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy. Kristin A. Kelly. 2003. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 209 pp. Includes endnotes and bibliography. $17.95 (paperback). As a committed activist/academic, I frequently encounter individuals firmly rooted on one side or the other of the activism/academia divide. On one side, a disavowal of anything "theoretical" emerging from the "ivory tower"; an indictment that most academics are too far removed from the problems of "average" people. On the other side, a denial that what happens on "the ground" is theoretical and ought to inform the ways in which academics build a corpus of knowledge. However, at the domestic violence shelter where I volunteer, theoretical questions guide many of our conversations: How does our public culture understand gendered violence? How can we increase community responsibility and responsiveness? How can we move from a framework of reaction to one of prevention? How might we improve the relationships between local law enforcement and social service coordinators? How can we empower individual victims to view themselves as part of a broader movement for social justice?