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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
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2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Women and Psychology
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798163606719 |
Table of Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: DILEMMAS OF THEORY; 1 HARD GROUND: FROM SOLITARY SUFFERING TO SISTERHOOD; 2 BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF VIOLENCE; 3 DAMSELS IN DISTRESS: POPULAR CULTURE AND STORIES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE; PART 2: DILEMMAS OF PRACTICE; 4 GOING UNDERGROUND: FEMINISM AND SHELTER PRACTICES; 5 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP: INTERVENING WITH BATTERERS; 6 RUNNING ON EMPTY: WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND STRATEGIES OF SURVIVAL; CONCLUSIONS: BEYOND SURVIVAL; REFERENCES; INDEX
