Versions of violence: Zimbabwe's domestic violence law and symbolic politics of protection
Versions of violence: Zimbabwe's domestic violence law and symbolic politics of protection
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London: Routledge
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English
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London: Routledge
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This article argues that political uses of violence and discursive representations of violence are part of a political discourse of legitimacy in Zimbabwean politics, and that this discourse relies on a gendered power matrix in which acts of violence are depicted either as legitimate protection or as illegitimate aggression or terror. The analysis...
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Versions of violence: Zimbabwe's domestic violence law and symbolic politics of protection
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_862594254
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_862594254
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0305-6244
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1740-1720
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10.1080/03056244.2010.530941
