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dc.contributor.authorLempert, Lora Bex
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-19T18:40:50Z
dc.date.available2009-05-19T18:40:50Z
dc.date.issued1996-04-01
dc.identifier.citationMid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 19, Number 1&2 (WINTER, SPRING 1996), pp. 15-32 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5113
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/5113
dc.description.abstractLanguage is a gendered system that reflects male experience and expressions and the categories used in traditional sociological inquiry are often incongruent with the experiences of women's lives (Devault 1990;. Long /987; Keller 1985; Smith /979). An examination of 32 abused women's narratives of violence from their intimate partners demonstrates that words for the content oftheir experiences were readily accessible. Women's articulations ofthe interactional meanings of the Violence, however, indicated vocabularies insufficient to describe the effects. I examine how abused women's reports of naming and use of language shape meaning and consequent actions. Jargue that a gendered language system poses obstacles to the constructions and expressions of these meanings.
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dc.publisherDepartment of Sociology, University of Kansas
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dc.titleLANGUAGE OBSTACLES IN THE NARRATIVES OF ABUSED WOMEN
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.17161/STR.1808.5113
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