A Tyranny Against Itself: Intimate Partner Violence on the Margins of Bogotá

An ethnographic exploration of the perpetration of intimate partner violence, as told through the narratives of survivors, designated responders, and most of all the perpetrators of that abuse. Taking place in Usme, a marginalized district of Bogotá, Colombia, A Tyranny Against Itself seeks out the lines of connection, and contradiction, that tie these intimate acts into broader systems of power--

• | Author: John I. B. Bhadra-Heintz
• | Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: May 10, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 258 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0812253434
• | ISBN-13: 9780812253436