Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands have some of the highest rates of family violence in the world, and this book investigates the conflict dynamics generated by these transformations. It combines ethnographic expertise with engaged scholarship to offer a vivid account of ongoing social change in Pacific Island societies and a crucial contribution to the understanding of family violence as a social process, cultural construct, and political issue.

Format: Hardback
Length: 188 pages
Publication date: 23 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Pacific Islands are known for having some of the highest rates of family violence in the world. In order to understand the contemporary transformations of Pacific Island families and the shifting perceptions of violence in the context of rapid social change, this book delves into the conflict dynamics generated by these transformations. The contributors draw from detailed case studies conducted in various Pacific territories to examine family violence in relation to the social, economic, and political conditions of native populations, as well as the individual, collective, and institutional responses to the development of violence within and upon the family. They specifically focus on vernacular understandings, conflicting social norms, the emergence of different types of violent patterns, the impact of violence on individuals and communities, and local efforts to mitigate or combat it. By combining ethnographic expertise with engaged scholarship, this volume provides a vivid account of ongoing social change in Pacific Island societies and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of family violence as a social process, cultural construct, and political issue.

This book will be of interest to scholars with expertise in the sociology of violence and the family, Pacific studies, development studies, and the social and cultural anthropology of Oceania.

Weight: 530g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367705060