Latinas' narratives of domestic abuse : discrepant versions of violence
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Latinas' narratives of domestic abuse : discrepant versions of violence
（Impact : studies in language and society, 17）
John Benjamins Pub., c2003
- : Eur
- : US
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and indexes
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Description
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 be 'changing their stories,' in the criminal justice system, which may leave them vulnerable to attack and criticism. Latinas' Narratives of Domestic Abuse: Discrepant versions of violence investigates the discourse of protective order interviews, where women apply for court injunctions to keep abusers away. In these encounters, two different versions of violence, each influenced by a range of ethnolinguistic, intertextual and cultural factors, are always produced. This ethnography of Latina women narrating violence suggests that before victims even get to trial, their testimony involves much more than merely telling the truth. This book provides a unique look at pre-trial testimony as a collaborative and dynamic social and cultural act.
Table of Contents
- 1. List of figures and tables
- 2. Acknowledgments
- 3. 1. Narrating violence in institutional settings
- 4. 2. Telling the truth about violence: Language ideology and the function of narrative structure
- 5. 3. Representation, ownership and genre: Language ideologies of narrative production and performance
- 6. 4. Telling and re-telling: Latina narrators interacting with institutions
- 7. 5. The protective order interview: A linguistic tug-of-war for representation
- 8. 6. Disappearing acts: Power, control, opposition and omission
- 9. 7. Disfigurement and discrepancy: Taking the story out of the report
- 10. 8. Transforming domestic violence into narrative syntax
- 11. 9. Beyond the storytelling taboo: Latinas' narratives and sexual violence
- 12. 10. Discrepant versions and the margins: Truth or consequence for Latina battered women?
- 13. References
- 14. Appendix. Glossary of legal terms
- 15. Author index
- 16. Subject index
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