Domestic terror : intimate partner violence in South Africa / Nechama Brodie.

"Every day more than three women in South Africa, on average, are murdered by their male intimate partners. This book looks at the stories of South African women who were subjected to unimaginable periods of fear and terror, who endured sustained physical, emotional, and psychological attacks, all a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brodie, Nechama (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cape Town, South Africa : Kwela Books, 2023.
Subjects:
Abused women > South Africa.
Women > Crimes against > South Africa.
Intimate partner violence > South Africa.
Family violence > South Africa.
Femmes victimes de violence > Afrique du Sud.
Femmes > Crimes contre > Afrique du Sud.
Violence entre partenaires > Afrique du Sud.
Violence familiale > Afrique du Sud.
Abused women.
Family violence.
Intimate partner violence.
Women > Crimes against.
South Africa.
Physical Description:216 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Harder than you think
  • Nazreen Fakier Cajee
  • Love hurts
  • A note on case studies for this book
  • Yvonne Ramontoedi
  • A brief history of domestic violence
  • Betty Nel and Elsabe Esterhuizen
  • Dimpho Mohau
  • Counting domestic violence
  • Rencia Jafta
  • Ms T[. . .] M[. . .]
  • Counting intimate partner violence
  • Anna Pillay
  • Sasha Lee Monique Shah
  • Numbers and correlations
  • Bianca, Marius and Antoinette van der Westhuizen1
  • Control
  • Alex Nicholas
  • Written on our bones
  • 54-year-old Coloured woman
  • Murder by instalment
  • I'm every woman