Narrative constructions of sexual violence as told by female rape survivors in three populations of the southwestern United States: Scripts of coercion, scripts of consent

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-156

  Bletzer, Keith V ^a   Koss, Mary P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercion and consent; Rape survival; Southwestern United States (Cheyenne, Mexicana, and Anglo); Women's narratives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LINGUISTICS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POPULATION; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; RAPE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2542484368     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740490448911     Document Type: Review

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