Abstract
This article addresses the intersectional nature of intimate partner violence (IPV) against female marriage migrants in Mainland China–Hong Kong cross-border marriages. The author analyzes data from 15 battered female marriage migrants who share the same ethnicity as their husbands to illustrate how the immigration of female marriage migrants intricately intersects with gender, class, and culture to form a multifaceted system that traps battered marriage migrants in abusive marriages. It is proposed that marriage migration, as a distinct form of migration, involves certain intrinsic risk factors that make marriage migrants particularly vulnerable to IPV.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1293-1313 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Violence Against Women |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Early online date | 18 Aug 2016 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a grant from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (CUHK4667/05H).
Keywords
- and culture
- class
- cross-border marriages
- gender
- immigration
- intersectionality and intimate partner violence
- marriage migration
