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Norms, brideprice and intimate partner violence in highlands Papua New Guinea

Bibliographic Data

ID15099237
AuthorsR Eves (0000-0001-9407-4729, Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell School of Asia and Pacific Affairs, ANU College of the Asia-Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume21
Issue12
Pages1367-1380
Publication date2019-12-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2018.1564937
PMID30693843
OpenAlexW2913348273
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited32

This paper draws on qualitative research in Jiwaka Province, in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), to examine the changing nature of marriage in that context. In particular, it examines how changes in the practice of brideprice have been associated with an increase in intimate partner violence. Violence, a relational process, is to be understood in the context of the customary unequal power relations between men and women. It is argued that men in the highlands of PNG see any gain in power for women as a loss for themselves, and so actively resist it. Men who see their power over women challenged resort to the discourse of brideprice, arguing that the payment of brideprice gives them absolute authority over wives. A good understanding of the norms that sanction violence is a vital step in developing interventions to prevent violence

Criminology · Domestic violence · Ethnology · Geography · New guinea · Poison control · Political science · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology

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