The politics of surviving : how women navigate domestic violence and its aftermath
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The politics of surviving : how women navigate domestic violence and its aftermath
University of California Press, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-311) and index
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Description
For women who have experienced domestic violence, proving that you are a "good victim" is no longer enough. Victims must also show that they are recovering, as if domestic violence were a disease: they must transform from "victims" into "survivors." Women's access to life-saving resources may even hinge on "good" performances of survivorhood. Through archival and ethnographic research, Paige L. Sweet reveals how trauma discourses and coerced therapy play central roles in women's lives as they navigate state programs for assistance. Sweet uses an intersectional lens to uncover how "resilience" and "survivorhood" can become coercive and exclusionary forces in women's lives. With nuance and compassion, The Politics of Surviving wrestles with questions about the gendered nature of the welfare state, the unintended consequences of feminist mobilizations for anti-violence programs, and the women who are left behind by the limited forms of citizenship we offer them.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Introduction: Domestic Violence and the Politics of Trauma
Part I Survivorhood
1. Building a Therapeutic Movement
2. The Trauma Revolution
3. Administering Trauma
Part II Surviving
4. Becoming Legible
5. Gaslighting
6. Surviving Heterosexuality
Conclusion: Traumatic Citizenship
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index
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