Storying domestic violence : constructions and stereotypes of abuse in the discourse of general practitioners / Jarmila Mildorf.

  • Mildorf, Jarmila.
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[2007], ©2007
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007], ©2007.

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xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Narrative : theoretical background -- Domestic violence and the role of general practice : a narrative-analytic approach -- Signs of abuse : "classic" disclosures and narrative trajectories -- Setting the scene of abuse : metaphors and spatiotemporal mapping -- Mythologizing time, mythologizing violence : backgrounds and explanations of domestic abuse -- Agents of their own victimization : the women's role in the GPS' narratives -- Evaluating abuse : storied knowledge and salient facts -- Conclusion.

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    History of Medicine
    UR.U.4675
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  • 9780803232594
  • 0803232594