Domestic Violence and Psychology: A Critical Perspective

by Nicolson; Paula

• ISBN13: 9780415383714
• ISBN10: 0415383714
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Domestic Violence and Psychology rethinks the way psychological knowledge of domestic violence has typically been constructed.

Author Biography

Paula Nicolson is Professor of Critical Social Health Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London and is also a trainne at the Tavistock in psychodynamic organisational consultancy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The context	p. 9
Domestic violence: the material context	p. 11
What is domestic abuse?	p. 32
Psychology, feminism and ideology: where do we go from here?	p. 55
Discursive constructions of domestic violence and abuse	p. 77
The social construction of domestic abuse: myths, legends and formula stories	p. 79
Public perceptions and moral tales	p. 95
(Re)turning to intra-psychic psychology	p. 119
Lived experience and the 'material-discursive-intrapsychic' self	p. 121
Domestic abuse across generations: intra-psychic dimensions	p. 137
'Doing' domestic violence: dilemmas of care and blame	p. 156
Notes	p. 170
References	p. 173
Index	p. 198
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