"I am not [just] a rabbit who has a bunch of children!": Agency in the midst of suffering at the intersections of global inequalities, gendered violence, and migration

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 881-901

  Parson, Nia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Migration; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILE; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERU; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILE; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERU; PREJUDICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955265946     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210376224     Document Type: Article

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