Narratives of Childhood Domestic Violence - Epistemic Justice, Young Women and Transitions to Young Adulthood

Narratives of Childhood Domestic Violence explores young women's accounts of transitions to young adulthood after domestic abuse in childhood, from a psychological perspective.

List of contents

1. The beginning 2. Domestic violence in children's lives 3. A feminist psychological perspective on memory, gender and voice/s 4. Interviewing women and working with poems 5. Transitions 6. Recoveries 7. Precarious work and creative assemblages of voice/s 8. Toward epistemic justice: embodied and reflexive listening 9. Staying with and looking ahead

About the author

Tanya Frances is a lecturer in psychology and counselling at The Open University, UK. She is also a counsellor and psychotherapist in practice. Her research interests and expertise centre around trauma, social inequalities, gender-based violence and domestic violence and abuse. She is a founding member of the Intersectional Violences Research Group, an international group of academics interested in addressing issues around gender-based violence from a feminist psychological perspective.

Summary

Narratives of Childhood Domestic Violence explores young women’s accounts of transitions to young adulthood after domestic abuse in childhood, from a psychological perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Tanya Frances
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032493169
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249316-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Women and Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner Abuse, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, Personal & public health, Trauma & shock, Psychotherapy, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Feminism & feminist theory, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Trauma and shock, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Groups & group theory, Psychology of gender, Personal and public health / health education, Child abuse, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, Groups and group theory