Thinking theoretically about interpersonal types of woman abuse in rural places 1

The main objective of this chapter is to review the current state of theoretical work on interpersonal forms of woman abuse in rural places and to suggest new theoretical directions. Conceptual and theoretical developments in this area draw primarily from feminist ways of knowing. Moreover, applications of place-based theories found in the rural woman abuse literature deviate significantly from mainstream ones like collective efficacy theory. New theoretical directions suggested include intersectionality, the development of gendered collective efficacy theory of woman abuse in rural places, and a natural resource extraction/patriarchal social reorganization model of rural woman abuse.