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Jarmila Mildorf's study makes a unique contribution to the fields of domestic abuse and narrative studies with her analysis of the narrative practices of doctors who treat abused women. Mildorf analyses the narrative trajectories, space-time parameters, agency, modalities, metaphors, and stereotypes in 36 narratives deriving from in-depth interviews with general practitioners in Aberdeen.

Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgments; Transcription Conventions 1.Introduction; 2.Narrative: Theoretical Background; 3.Domestic Violence and the Role of General Practice: A Narrative-Analytic Approach; 4.Signs of Abuse: "Classic" Disclosures and Narrative Trajectories; 5. Setting the Scene of Abuse: Metaphors and Spatiotemporal Mapping; 6. Mythologizing Time, Mythologizing Violence: Backgrounds and Explanations of Domestic Abuse; 7. Agents of Their Own Victimization: The Women's Role in the GPs' Narratives; 8. Evaluating Abuse: Storied Knowledge and Salient Facts; 9. Conclusion Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Storying Domestic Violence Constructions and

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 17 April 2009
      ISBN-13 9780803224940
      978-0803224940
      ISBN-10 080322494X
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      Primary care medicine, primary health care

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Jarmila Mildorf's study makes a unique contribution to the fields of domestic abuse and narrative studies with her analysis of the narrative practices of doctors who treat abused women. Mildorf analyses the narrative trajectories, space-time parameters, agency, modalities, metaphors, and stereotypes in 36 narratives deriving from in-depth interviews with general practitioners in Aberdeen.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Acknowledgments; Transcription Conventions 1.Introduction; 2.Narrative: Theoretical Background; 3.Domestic Violence and the Role of General Practice: A Narrative-Analytic Approach; 4.Signs of Abuse: "Classic" Disclosures and Narrative Trajectories; 5. Setting the Scene of Abuse: Metaphors and Spatiotemporal Mapping; 6. Mythologizing Time, Mythologizing Violence: Backgrounds and Explanations of Domestic Abuse; 7. Agents of Their Own Victimization: The Women's Role in the GPs' Narratives; 8. Evaluating Abuse: Storied Knowledge and Salient Facts; 9. Conclusion Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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