Acknowledgements
Foreword BETH E. RICHIE
1- Domestic Violence: Examining the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender--An Introduction NATALIE J. SOKOLOFF AND IDA DUPONT
PART I. FRAMEOWORKS AND OVERARCHING THEMES
2-Strengthening Domestic Violence Theories: Intersections of Race, Class, Sexual Orientation, and Gender MICHELLE BOGRAD
3- Feminism versus Multiculturalism LETI VOLPP
4- A Black Feminist Reflection on the Antiviolence Movement BETH E. RICHIE
5- Women's Relaities: Defining Violence against Women by Immigration, Race, and Class SHAMITA DAS DASGUPTA
6- Compounding the Triple Jeopardy: Battering in Lesbian of COlor Relationships VALLI KALEI KANUHA
7- The Intersectionality of DOmestic Violence and Welfare in the Lives of Poor Women JYL JOSEPHSON
8- Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex: Interpersonal and State Violence against Women of Color INCITE!-CRITICAL RESISTANCE STATEMENT WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIA SUDBURY
PART II. CULTURE, RESISTANCE, AND COMMUNITY
Introduction NATALIE J. SOKOLOFF AND KATHRYN LAUGHON
9- Domestic Violence in African American Communities ROBERT L. HAMPTON, RICARDO CARRILLO, AND JOAN KIM
10- Nashville: Domestic Violence and Incarcerated Women in Poor Black Neighborhoods NEIL WEBSDALE
11- Domestic violence in Ethnically and Racially Diverse Families: The "Political Gag Order" Has Been Lifted CAROLYN M. WEST
12- The Importance of Community in a Feminist Analysis of Domestic Violence among Native Americans SHERRY L. HAMBY
13- Rethinking Battered Women Syndrome: A Black Feminist Perspective SHARON ANGELLA ALLARD
14- Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community BEVERLY HORSBURGH
15- "I've Slept in Clothes Long Enough": Excavating the Sounds of Domestic Violence among Women in the White Working Class LIOS WEIS, MICHELLE FINE, AMIRA PROWELLER, CORINE BERTRAM, AND JULIA MARUSZA
16- FIghting Back: Abused South Asian Women's Strategies of Resistance MARGARET ABRAHAM
17- Puertyo Rican Battered Women Redefining Gneder, Sexuality, Culture, Violence, and Resistance MICHELLE FINE, ROSEMARIE A. ROBERTS, AND LOIS WEIS
PART III. STRUCTURAL CONTEXTS, CULTURALLY COMPETENT APPROACHES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Introduction CHRISTINA PRATT AND NATALIE J. SOKOLOFF
18- The Cultural Context Model: A New Paradigm for Accountability, Empowerment, and the Development of Critical Consciousness against Domestic Violence RHEA V. ALMEIDA AND JUDITH LOCKARD
19- Battering, Forgiveness, and Redemption: Alternative Models for Addressing Domestic Violence in COmmunities of Color BRENDA V. SMITH
20- Sustaining an Ethic of Resistance against Domestic Violence in Black Faith-Based Communities TRACI C. WEST
21- Navigating the Anti-Immigratnt Wave: The Korean Women's Hotline and the Politics of Community LISA SUN-HEE PARK
22- Shifting Power for Battered Women: Law, Material Resources, and Por Women of Color DONNA COKER
23- Reducing Women Battering: The Role of Structural Approaches NEIL WEBSDALE AND BYRON JOHNSON
24- Looking to the Future: Domestic Violence, Women of Color, the State, and Social Change ANDREA SMITH
Biographical Notes