Transformative Ties: Gendered violence, forms of recovery, and shifting subjectivities in Chile

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-84

  Parson, Nia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gender; Recovery; Subjectivity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VICTIM;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952315451     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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