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Adapting gender and development to local religious contexts : a decolonial approach to domestic violence in Ethiopia / Romina Istratii.
Author
Istratii, Romina
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2021.
Description
1 online resource (281 pages).
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Subject(s)
Marriage
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Religious aspects
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YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān
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Family violence
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Ethiopia
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Religious aspects
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Christianity
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Wife abuse
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Ethiopia
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Religious aspects
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Christianity
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YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān
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Customs and practices
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Series
Routledge research in religion and development.
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Summary note
This book provides a critical and decolonial analysis of gender and development theory and practice in religious societies through the presentation of a detailed ethnographic study of conjugal violence in Ethiopia. Responding to recent consensus that gender mainstreaming approaches have failed to produce their intended structural changes, Romina Istratii explains that gender and development analytical and theoretical frameworks are often constructed through western Euro-centric lenses ill-equipped to understand gender-related realities and human behaviour in non-western religious contexts and knowledge systems. Instead, Istratii argues for an approach to gender-sensitive research and practice which is embedded in insiders' conceptual understandings as a basis to theorise about gender, assess the possible gendered underpinnings of local issues and design appropriate alleviation strategies. Drawing on a detailed study of conjugal abuse realities and attitudes in two villages and the city of Aksum in Northern Ethiopia, she demonstrates how religious knowledge can be engaged in the design and implementation of remedial interventions. This book carefully evidences the importance of integrating religious traditions and spirituality in current discussions of sustainable development in Africa, and speaks to researchers and practitioners of gender, religion and development in Africa, scholars of non-western Christianities and Ethiopian studies, and domestic violence researchers and practitioners.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyight Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: the metaphysics of gender and development
A brief genealogy of feminist thought around gender
Gender theory as a reflection of deeper metaphysics of humanity and gender
Western Euro centrism in the paradigm of gender and development
Religion in gender and development discourse
Domestic violence in gender and development and public health theory
A closer look at the epistemological premises of gender based violence research
Social norms and public health approaches
Accounting better for religious systems and the interface with human behaviour
Conducting gender sensitive research within local religious societies
The study in Aksum and its approach
Concluding thoughts
Notes
Chapter 2: Linguistic and cosmological translation
Revisiting feminist epistemologies in cross cultural gender studies
A closer look at gender and religious studies
Integrating theology in religious studies
Theology informed investigations in Ethiopia
Researching intimate partner violence in a safe and inclusive manner
Addressing the epistemological issues
Learning local languages
Making the 'I' visible in the research process
Integrating dialogical research methods
Chapter 3: Intimate partner violence, gender and faith in Ethiopia
Directions in the scholarship and unaddressed questions
Women's status in Ethiopia historically and in post revolution Tigray
Gender specific socialisation and the influence of the clergy
The legal framework on domestic violence and reported cultural influences
An eclectic tradition with internal tensions
Chapter 5: Conjugal abuse conceptualisations and attitudes
Researching conjugal abuse without a predefined terminology
Data on conjugal abuse
Participants' discourses of harmful conjugal behaviour and situations
Situational or interactional abuse
Gender related asymmetries
Physical violence
Serious conjugal crimes
Sexual coercion: a hardly ever discussed issue
Local attitudes toward harmful conjugal situations and behaviour
Chapter 6: Marriage in the local normative framework
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ISBN
1-00-300699-X
1-003-00699-X
1-000-19513-9
1-000-20088-4
OCLC
1191672796
Doi
10.4324/9781003006992
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