Caring practices: the connection between logics of state and domestic violence in Cairo,Egypt |
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Authors: | Christine E. Smith |
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Affiliation: | Department of Geography, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA |
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Abstract: | This article analyzes the multiscalar relationship between state violence and domestic violence among low-income residents of Cairo, Egypt. To do so, I look at the concept of care and how notions of care are intimately linked with interpretations of violence within daily life. In the accounts of research participants, acts of violence are instances that are understood as lacking regard for the other’s well-being. Violence is juxtaposed against ‘discipline’ and is generally understood as an act of care meant to correct inappropriate behavior. Here, discipline can encompass acts of physical force. Finally, findings show that for low-income Egyptians, the violence of the state not only shapes but also happens simultaneously to violence in the home. |
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Keywords: | State violence domestic violence Egypt care discipline |
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