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Remaking Self After Domestic Violence: Mongolian and Australian Women's Narratives of Recovery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Marion Oke
Affiliation:
PO Box 392, Daylesford Victoria 3460, ph/fax 03 5348 7647, [email protected]
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Abstract

My feminist, narrative research comprises a crosscultural narrative analysis of 11 Mongolian and 11 Australian women's stories of survival, recovery and remaking of self, following intimate partner violence. With a major focus on narrative identity, the research process involved me as researcher, as well as the participants themselves, bearing witness to and reflecting on their stories. While similarities between the Mongolian and Australian stories stood out above differences, there was some evidence that the Mongolian women had moved further away from the violence and its effects than their Australian counterparts. Perhaps the cohesive nature of the Mongolian women's family supports strengthened their narrative identities, enabling their greater resilience.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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