Latinas narratives of domestic abuse : discrepant versions of violence /

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In the American legal system valid witness-testimony is supposed to be invariable and unchanging, so defense attorneys highlight seeming inconsistencies in victims' accounts to impeach their credibility. This book offers an examination of how and why victims of domestic violence might seem to b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trinch, Shonna L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003.
Colección:Impact, studies in language and society ; 17.
Temas:
Sociolinguistics > United States.
Hispanic American women > Languages.
Family violence > United States > Case studies.
Hispanic American women > Social conditions.
Américaines d'origine latino-américaine > Langues.
Violence familiale > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Américaines d'origine latino-américaine > Conditions sociales.
Sociolinguistique > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
Family violence
Hispanic American women > Social conditions
Sociolinguistics
Spaanse Amerikanen.
Vrouwen.
Gezinsproblemen.
Geweldsdelicten.
Taalgebruik.
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Latinas' Narratives of Domestic Abuse: Discrepant versions of violence; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Narrating violence in institutional settings; 2 Telling the truth about violence; 3 Representation, ownership and genre; 4 Telling and re-telling; 5 The protective order interview; 6 Disappearing acts; 7 Disfigurement and discrepancy; 8 Transforming domestic violence into narrative syntax; 9 Beyond the storytelling taboo; 10 Discrepant versions and the margins; References; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms; Author index.

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