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Women escaping violence : empowerment through narrative / Elaine J. Lawless.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawless, Elaine J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abused women--United States.
- Abused women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bringing women's stories to the attention of the academy and to the reading public, Lawless (English and women's studies, U. of Missouri- Columbia) juxtaposes accounts by women who have escaped to shelters of the violence they have suffered, with feminist analysis of their narratives and of the healing power of voicing the experiences. c. Book News Inc.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prelude
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1 Safe and Unsafe Living
- 2 Powerful Words
- 3 Describing the Unspeakable
- 4 Hearing Silence
- 5 Looking Back
- 6 Turning Points
- Conclusion
- Some of the Stories
- Sherry's Story
- Margaret's Story
- Teresa's Story
- Cathy's Story
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-1319-7
- 0-8262-6267-8
- OCLC:
- 614704021
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