TY - JOUR
T1 - Assault on self: Intimate partner abuse and the contestation of identity
AU - Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The complexities of intimate partner abuse and violence have been studied from a range of theoretical, conceptual, and methodological perspectives. It is argued here that symbolic interactionist analyses offer specific and powerful insights into this particular interactional domain. This article is based on data generated by a topical life-history case study of a well-educated, middle-class, middle-aged man, whose wife subjected him to sustained unilateral violence and abuse, resulting in deleterious consequences for his health and well-being. Data were gathered via a series of in-depth interviews and a personal diary. The analysis draws on Goffman's conceptualization of "possessional territory" as one of the "territories of the self," in order to examine the role of possessions in the interactional routines of intimate partner abuse.
AB - The complexities of intimate partner abuse and violence have been studied from a range of theoretical, conceptual, and methodological perspectives. It is argued here that symbolic interactionist analyses offer specific and powerful insights into this particular interactional domain. This article is based on data generated by a topical life-history case study of a well-educated, middle-class, middle-aged man, whose wife subjected him to sustained unilateral violence and abuse, resulting in deleterious consequences for his health and well-being. Data were gathered via a series of in-depth interviews and a personal diary. The analysis draws on Goffman's conceptualization of "possessional territory" as one of the "territories of the self," in order to examine the role of possessions in the interactional routines of intimate partner abuse.
KW - Erving Goffman
KW - abused men
KW - domestic violence
KW - possessional territory
KW - intimate partner abuse
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79954471973&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/si.2011.34.1.108
U2 - 10.1525/si.2011.34.1.108
DO - 10.1525/si.2011.34.1.108
M3 - Article
SN - 0195-6086
VL - 34
SP - 108
EP - 127
JO - Symbolic Interaction
JF - Symbolic Interaction
IS - 1
ER -