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This paper exam ines the ro le of culture in shaping percept ions, defi n it ions , and interpretat ions Mexican American a n d Anglo American women hold of domestic abuse. Two theoretical v i ews conce r n i n g p e rcept ions that M exican A m e ricans may h o l d of domestic abuse a re d iscussed . The f i rst v i ew s uggests that M e x i c a n A m e r i c a n w o m e n fo l l ow a p l u ra l i st m o d e l a n d t h e refore d i ffe r s i g n if icantly i n t h e i r p e rcepti o n s o f domestic abuse from A n g l o American women. The second posit i o n h o l ds t h a t M exican American wo m e n a re q u ickly becom i n g ass i m i l ated into the American mainstream a n d consequent ly share att i tudes toward domest ic abuse s i m i l a r to t h ose of A n g l o A m e ri c a n wo m e n . Interv i ews we re c o n d ucted with wo m e n l i v i n g i n shel ters for battered wo m e n i n 1986. The f i n d i ngs s u ggest that for Mexican Amer ican wo m e n , c u l t u ral p lural ism, rather than assimi lat ion , may be the norm i n under­ standing their perceptions of domestic abuse.

Perceptions of Domestic Abuse Among Mexican American and Anglo American Women