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Challenging violence: Kanak women renegotiating gender relations in New Caledonia

Asia Pacific journal of anthroplogy9 (1)Published In 2008 • Pages: 29-46

By: Salomon, Christine, Hamelin, Christine.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of gender violence and the efforts of urban and young women to challenge and renegotiate traditional gender roles and relations during the period of the Matignon Accord that addressed socioeconomic inequalities and under the Nouméa Accord that offers territorial autonomy.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Gender status
Crime
Political movements
Offenses against the person
Sex and marital offenses
Trial procedure
General sex restrictions
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Kanak
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Sociologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2018
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1989/1992-2006
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1990-2006
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
New Caledonia
NotesAdditional notes
Christine Salomon and Christine Hamelin
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
00223025
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kanaka (New Caledonian people)