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1	Racialized Immigrant Women Responding to Intimate Partner Abuse Lucknauth, Christeena 25 February 2014 (has links) This exploratory study investigates how racialized immigrant women experience and respond to intimate partner abuse (IPA). The American and European models of intersectionality theory are used to highlight structural constraints and agentic responses as experienced and enacted by racialized immigrant women. Eight women described their experiences through semi-structured interviews, revealing an array of both defensive and pro-active types of strategies aimed at short- and long-term outcomes. Responses included aversion, negative reinforcement or coping strategies like prayer or self-coaching, and accordingly varied by the constraints under which the women lived as newcomers to Canada. Policy recommendations promote acknowledgement of women’s decision-making abilities and provide a model in which women can choose from a selection of options in how to respond, rather than strictly interventionist models. Study results can help to challenge stereotypes of abused women as passive victims, and empower the image of immigrant women as active knowers of their circumstances. Violence Domestic Abuse Intersectionality Immigrant women Guyanese Agency Autonomy Responses to partner abuse Intimate Partner Abuse Intimate Partner Violence Racialized Response strategy Guyana West Indian women Caribbean IPA IPV violence against women Narrative immigration minority women spousal abuse wife abuse woman abuse Response
2	Racialized Immigrant Women Responding to Intimate Partner Abuse Lucknauth, Christeena January 2014 (has links) This exploratory study investigates how racialized immigrant women experience and respond to intimate partner abuse (IPA). The American and European models of intersectionality theory are used to highlight structural constraints and agentic responses as experienced and enacted by racialized immigrant women. Eight women described their experiences through semi-structured interviews, revealing an array of both defensive and pro-active types of strategies aimed at short- and long-term outcomes. Responses included aversion, negative reinforcement or coping strategies like prayer or self-coaching, and accordingly varied by the constraints under which the women lived as newcomers to Canada. Policy recommendations promote acknowledgement of women’s decision-making abilities and provide a model in which women can choose from a selection of options in how to respond, rather than strictly interventionist models. Study results can help to challenge stereotypes of abused women as passive victims, and empower the image of immigrant women as active knowers of their circumstances. Violence Domestic Abuse Intersectionality Immigrant women Guyanese Agency Autonomy Responses to partner abuse Intimate Partner Abuse Intimate Partner Violence Racialized Response strategy Guyana West Indian women Caribbean IPA IPV violence against women Narrative immigration minority women spousal abuse wife abuse woman abuse Response

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