Rural medical marriages: Understanding symbolic violence in the social practice of gender

This article examines the social practice of gender amongst rural GPs and in rural medical marriages and considers Bourdieu’s notions of symbolic violence and misrecognition important elements in understanding how inequitable gender relations are sustained and reproduced. Drawing on ethnographic res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Durey, Angela
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42031