Article
The Unhappy Marriage of Theory and Practice: An Analysis of a Battered Women's Shelter
National Women’s Studies Association Journal
(1988)
Abstract
Focuses on the role of battered women's shelters in the U.S. as a response to the problem of violence against women in society. Examination of the battered women's movement and the shelters the movement has spawned; Contradictions between feminist ideology and reality; Role of the shelter itself as a social world.
Disciplines
Publication Date
1988
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1988 Abex Publishing Corporation. This article first appeared in NWSA Journal (now Feminist Formations) 1:1 (1988), 75-92. Reprinted with permission by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Citation Information
Susan B Murray. "The Unhappy Marriage of Theory and Practice: An Analysis of a Battered Women's Shelter" National Women’s Studies Association Journal Vol. 1 Iss. 1 (1988) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_murray/10/