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Affilia, Vol. 23, No. 2, 123-133 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0886109908314321

Taking Child Abuse and Mothering Into Account

Intersectional Feminism as an Alternative for the Study of Domestic Violence

Dominique Damant

Université de Montréal, dominique.damant{at}umontreal.ca

Simon Lapierre

University of Warwick, s.lapierre{at}warwick.ac.uk

Anne Kouraga

Université Laval, anne.kouraga.1{at}ulaval.ca

Andrée Fortin

Université de Montréal, andree.fortin{at}umontreal.ca

Louise Hamelin-Brabant

Université Laval, louise.hamelin @fsi.ulaval.ca

Chantal Lavergne

Institut de recherche pour le développement social des jeunes, chantal.lavergne{at}cjm-iu.qc.ca

Geneviève Lessard

Université Laval, Genevieve.lessard{at}svs.ulaval.ca

Feminist scholars have been engaged in an ongoing debate to determine which theoretical perspective offers the best framework for understanding domestic violence, and this debate has been crystallized around two pole positions: radical and postmodern feminism. This article presents a journey throughout the development of a theoretical perspective for the study of domestic violence, child abuse, and mothering. It argues that the intersectional feminist perspective has much to offer these debates and that it constitutes a promising theoretical framework for understanding domestic violence that takes into account issues of child abuse and mothering.

Key Words: child abuse • domestic violence • motherhood


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