Caring practices: the connection between logics of state and domestic violence in Cairo, Egypt. Issue 9 (1st September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith, Christine E.
• Is Part Of: Gender, place and culture. Volume 23:Issue 9(2016)
• Page Start: 1227
• Page End: 1239
• Publication Date: 2016-09-01
• Subjects: State violence -- domestic violence -- Egypt -- care -- discipline; Violencia estatal -- violencia doméstica -- Egipto -- cuidado -- disciplina; 国家暴力 -- 家庭暴力 -- 埃及 -- 照护 -- 规训; Human geography -- Periodicals; Feminism -- Periodicals; Géographie féministe -- Périodiques; 305.305
• DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2016.1160034
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-369X

Abstract

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.