No More Secrets Violence in Lesbian Relationships

Name: No More Secrets Violence in Lesbian Relationships
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ISBN: 9780203800836

ISBN-10: 0203800834

ISBN-13: 9780203800836

Edition: N/A

Authors: Janice L. Ristock

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Domestic Violence in lesbian relationships is a problem that remains unspoken. Based on Interviews with over one hundred lesbians who have suffered abuse and eighty domestic violence case workers, Janice Ristock reveals these untold stories. In the most comprehensive account of lesbian battering to date, No More Secrets will change our understanding of domestic violence, providing insights for counselors and therapists and much-needed help for women in abusive relationships. Book jacket.

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List price: $85.00
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/1/2002
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Preface: Bearing Witness	p. ix
The Emergence of Lesbian Partner Abuse: Creating a New Category	p. 1
Troubling Tales: Telling Stories, Exposing Language, Raising Questions	p. 27
A Material Tale: Telling Stories
What the Body Remembers: Lesbians' Experiences of Relationship Violence	p. 49
An Innocence Lost: Responses to Violence	p. 79
A Discursive Tale: Exposing Language
What's Written on the Body	p. 111
The Politics of Responding to Violence in Lesbian Relationships	p. 141
A Reflexive Tale: Raising Questions
Looking Forward	p. 175
Notes	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 229
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