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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.

Abstract
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.
Subjects
Gender status
Crime
Political movements
Offenses against the person
Sex and marital offenses
Trial procedure
General sex restrictions
culture
Kanak
HRAF PubDate
2019
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Types
Ethnologist
Sociologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2018
Field Date
1989/1992-2006
Coverage Date
1990-2006
Coverage Place
New Caledonia
Notes
Christine Salomon and Christine Hamelin
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46)
LCCN
00223025
LCSH
Kanaka (New Caledonian people)