| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Writing lives : ethnographic narratives
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Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.
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| Summary |
After leaving her twelve-year marriage, Sophie Tamas went to the local women's shelter to ask if she had been abused. The result is Life after leaving, a performative, arts-based journey into the aftermath of spousal abuse and the endless struggle to make sense of loss. We see Sophie's world--the academic lectures, the therapy sessions, the childrearing, the dealings with an ex-spouse, the house reconstruction--as she looks for answers in the literature and in the lives of other women. Both lyrical and theoretical, autoethnographic and analytical, her captivating story builds to a chorus of ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The story begins -- Asking books -- Asking others -- Findings -- The story ends. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Abused wives -- Canada -- Psychology.
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Abused wives. |
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Canada. |
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Psychology. |
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Abused wives -- Canada -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Abused wives -- Rehabilitation.
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Abused wives -- Rehabilitation. |
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Electronic books.
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Drama.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tamas, Sophie. Life after leaving. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2011 9781611320619 (DLC) 2011022308 (OCoLC)726818965 |
| ISBN |
9781611320633 (electronic book) |
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1611320631 (electronic book) |
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9781611320619 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1611320615 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781611320626 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1611320623 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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