Latinas narratives of domestic abuse : discrepant versions of violence
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 aw
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1 online resource (x, 313 pages) : illustrations
9789027296009, 9781588114150, 9789027218551, 9027296006, 1588114155, 9027218552
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Latinas' Narratives of Domestic Abuse: Discrepant versions of violence; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Narrating violence in institutional settings; 2 Telling the truth about violence; 3 Representation, ownership and genre; 4 Telling and re-telling; 5 The protective order interview; 6 Disappearing acts; 7 Disfigurement and discrepancy; 8 Transforming domestic violence into narrative syntax; 9 Beyond the storytelling taboo; 10 Discrepant versions and the margins; References; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms; Author index