TY - JOUR
T1 - “Drinking Too Much, Fighting Too Much”
T2 - The Dual “Disasters” of Intimate Partner Violence and Alcohol Use in South Africa
AU - Backe, Emma L.
AU - Bosire, Edna
AU - Mendenhall, Emily
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the funding from the MRC/DFID African Research Leader Scheme (UK), the South African Medical Research Council, and the School of Foreign Service Summer Academic Grant and Provost's Pilot Research Project Grant at Georgetown University.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank the following colleagues at the University of the Witswatersrand Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit for support with the projects included in this analysis: Shane Norris, Hunadi Shawa, Meikie Hlalele, Phindile Mathe, Brooke Bocast, Nontlantla Mkwanazi, Victor Shandukani, Thandi Ma Sbong, Andrew Kim, Maureen Joffe, and Herman Cubasch. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the funding from the MRC/DFID African Research Leader Scheme (UK), the South African Medical Research Council, and the School of Foreign Service Summer Academic Grant and Provost's Pilot Research Project Grant at Georgetown University.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - The intersecting issues of intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol abuse in South Africa are often characterized as “disasters.” Ethnographic research among women in Soweto demonstrates the different manifestations of IPV, perceptions of abuse, and coping mechanisms to manage harmful domestic relationships. Findings suggest a consistent relationship between excessive drinking patterns and IPV—most significantly, physical and emotional abuse—while indicating that domestic violence measures should include questions about stress. The authors also argue against pathologizing the relationship between IPV and alcohol abuse, to instead center the structured, sedimented ways that violence within the home has become a “normalized” disaster.
AB - The intersecting issues of intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol abuse in South Africa are often characterized as “disasters.” Ethnographic research among women in Soweto demonstrates the different manifestations of IPV, perceptions of abuse, and coping mechanisms to manage harmful domestic relationships. Findings suggest a consistent relationship between excessive drinking patterns and IPV—most significantly, physical and emotional abuse—while indicating that domestic violence measures should include questions about stress. The authors also argue against pathologizing the relationship between IPV and alcohol abuse, to instead center the structured, sedimented ways that violence within the home has become a “normalized” disaster.
KW - alcohol abuse
KW - gender-based violence
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - South Africa
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119295079&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10778012211034206
DO - 10.1177/10778012211034206
M3 - Article
C2 - 34766522
AN - SCOPUS:85119295079
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 28
SP - 2312
EP - 2333
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 10
ER -
