TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Narrative possibilities: poor women of color and the complexities of intimate partner violence
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Boonzaier, Floretta A.
A1  - van Schalkwyk, Samantha
SP  - 267
EP  - 286
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - This article shows how a narrative methodological approach is particularly suited to examining the dynamics of intimate partner violence, especially among poor women of color in South Africa. We show how a narrative approach allowed women to represent their experiences of violence according to their own frames of meaning, examining the complexities of abuse as it is informed by sociocultural factors of gender, poverty, and deprivation. In particular, we show how a narrative approach departs from other qualitative work by enabling women to construct particular forms of identity, thereby giving them agency in authoring their own stories of violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801210397796
ID  - ref1
ER  -