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Motherhood, patriarchy, and the nationessay 1996 • Gurdin, Julie E.
Icelanders • Europe > Scandinavia
This is a study of domestic violence in Iceland, and how it '…involves the interface between public and private patriarchies and public and private motherhood' (p. 126). Gurdin argues that sexism in Icelandic society is the cause of domestic violence...