Domestic violence in Asia globalization, gender and Islam in the Maldives

"Explores changing patterns of domestic violence in Asia. Based on extensive original research in the Maldives, it argues that forces of globalisation, consumerism, Islamism and democratisation are changing the nature of domestic relations, with shifting ideas surrounding gender and Islam being...

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Main Author:	Fulu, Emma (Author)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2014
Series:	Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series
Subjects:	Family violence > Maldives. Intimate partner violence > Maldives. Family violence > Religious aspects > Islam. Globalization > Social aspects > Maldives. Women in Islam > Maldives.