Hard knocks domestic violence and the psychology of storytelling

This book draws on interviews carried out over a period of eight years, as well as novels, films, and domestic violence literature, to explain the role of storytelling in the history of the battered women's movement. The author shows how cultural contexts shape how stories about domestic abuse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Haaken, Janice, 1947- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Routledge 2010.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Women and Psychology
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Sumario:This book draws on interviews carried out over a period of eight years, as well as novels, films, and domestic violence literature, to explain the role of storytelling in the history of the battered women's movement. The author shows how cultural contexts shape how stories about domestic abuse get told, and offers critical tools for bringing psychology into discussions of group dynamics in the domestic violence field. The book enlists psychoanalytic-feminist theory to analyse storytelling practices and to re-visit four areas of tension in the movement where signs of battle fat
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (209 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135157333
9781135157340
9781282639751
9786612639753
9780203857465