02417    a2200361   450000500170000000800390001702000220005603700360007804000070011404100080012107200160012907200150014507200170016007200160017707200150019307200140020807200130022207200150023507200140025007200130026407200210027707200210029807200210031907200210034007200210036107200240038210000180040624500510042425000060047526000320048130000100051352015320052320250526161926.0250430042023GB                   eng    a9781032014319qBC  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 19.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHBK2thema7 aLNM2thema7 aJBSF12thema7 aLAQG2thema7 aLNT2thema7 aJHBK2bic7 aLNM2bic7 aJFSJ12bic7 aLAQG2bic7 aLNT2bic7 aFAM0010302bisac7 aBUS0500002bisac7 aEDU0130002bisac7 aSOC0320002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a362.829209942bisac1 aSupriya Singh10aDomestic Economic AbusebThe Violence of Money  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20230531  a128 p  bSupriya Singh tells the stories of 12 Anglo-Celtic and Indian women in Australia who survived economic abuse. She describes the lived experience of coercive control underlying economic abuse across cultures. Each story shows how the woman was trapped and lost her freedom because her husband denied her money, appropriated her assets and sabotaged her ability to be in paid work. These stories are about silence, shame and embarrassment that this could happen despite professional and graduate education. Some of the women were the main earners in their household. Women spoke of being afraid, of trying to leave, of losing their sense of self. Many suffered physical and mental ill-health, not knowing what would trigger the violence. Some attempted suicide. None of the women fully realised they were suffering family violence through economic abuse, whilst it was happening to them. The stories of Anglo-Celtic and Indian women show economic abuse is not associated with a specific system of money management and control. It is when the morality of money is betrayed that control becomes coercive. Money as a medium of care then becomes a medium of abuse. The women’s stories demonstrate the importance of talking about money and relationships with future partners, across life stages and with their sons and daughters. The women saw this as an essential step for preventing and lessening economic abuse. A vital read for scholars of domestic abuse and family violence that will also be valuable for sociologists of money.