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Abstract
As de Beauvoir (1949) argues, for women, the future is often haunted by phantoms of the past, which impact on the present. This chapter draws on one woman’s narrative journey from childhood to motherhood, examining how ‘troubles’ feature in her life in the form of domestic and familial abuse. Specifically, the permeating nature of ‘trouble’ is demonstrated in her ideas of what she might become and what she is afraid of becoming; and whilst she recognises abuse as a harm to be avoided if possible, and/or repaired, it is also routinely normalised in her account.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Lifelong Learning Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
Publisher: | Policy Press |
ISBN: | 9781447304432 |
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Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2022 13:50 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15613 |
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