Sexually transmitted debt : credibility, culpability and the burden of responsibility / Ainsley J. Harper.

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2001

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Harper, Ainsley J. (Ainsley Jane)

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This thesis examines the causes and consequences to women who, as a result of their marital of de facto relationship incur debt from their spouse/partner. First, it aims to describe the legal and social construction of sexually transmitted debt through a feminist analysis of the 1998 Australian High Court legal case of Garcia v National Australia Bank Ltd. It aims, second, to contribute to feminist understanding of financial decision-making within households by focussing on those decisions that lead to the accumulation of debt within the domestic sphere.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Social Inquiry, 2001

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Bibliography: leaves 230-248.
v, 248 leaves ; 30 cm.

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