INTERSECTIONS OF PATRIARCHY, NATIONAL ORIGIN AND IMMIGRANT NIGERIAN WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES

INTERSECTIONS OF PATRIARCHY, NATIONAL ORIGIN AND IMMIGRANT NIGERIAN WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES

Based on the perceptions of a sample of immigrant Nigerian women in focus group discussions, this paper examines the causes of intimate partner violence (EPV) in the immigrant Nigerian community in the United States. Drawing on the theory of intersectionality and Hunnicutt's (2009) concept of &...

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Published in:International journal of sociology of the family Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 1 - 29
Main Author: KALUNTA-CRUMPTON, ANITA
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Serials Publications 01-04-2015
Subjects:
Females
Ideologies
Immigrants
Partner Abuse
Patriarchy
Sex
United States of America
USA
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Summary:Based on the perceptions of a sample of immigrant Nigerian women in focus group discussions, this paper examines the causes of intimate partner violence (EPV) in the immigrant Nigerian community in the United States. Drawing on the theory of intersectionality and Hunnicutt's (2009) concept of "varieties of patriarchy", the focus group discussions reveal the intersections of gender, patriarchy, national origin, and immigrant Nigerian women's experiences of IPV in the U.S. It is argued that IPV against immigrant Nigerian women is likely when ideologies, rooted in the gendered patriarchal culture of immigrant Nigerians' national origin, are challenged in the midst of the ideologies and structure of the less patriarchal culture of the U.S.
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ISSN:0020-7667
0973-2039
0020-7667