Contribution to Book
Black battered women: New directions for research and Black feminist theory
Charting a new course for feminist psychology
(2002)
Abstract
In the first section of this chapter I will review the research on racial differences and similarities in the rates and types of physical partner violence across the relationship continuum. In the section section, I will focus on new directions for research. More specifically, methodological problems may influence the research findings, and thus our understanding of racial differences in domestic violence. I will review these research limitations and offer suggestions for more appropriate research methods. The goal of the final section is to articulate a Black feminist theoretical perspective that better explains violence in the lives of Black women.
Keywords
- Black women,
- intimate partner violence,
- black feminist theory
Disciplines
Publication Date
2002
Editor
L. H. Collins, M. Dunlap, & J. Chrisler
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Citation Information
Carolyn M West. "Black battered women: New directions for research and Black feminist theory" Westport, CTCharting a new course for feminist psychology (2002) p. 216 - 237 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carolyn_west/21/