Confronting "victim" discourses: The identity work of battered women

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-330

  Leisenring, Amy ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750596413     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2006.29.3.307     Document Type: Article

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