Displaying family at a women's refuge
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Displaying family at a women's refuge. / Henze-Pedersen, Sofie; Järvinen, Margaretha.
I: The Sociological Review, Bind 69, Nr. 6, 2021, s. 1229-1243.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Displaying family at a women's refuge
AU - Henze-Pedersen, Sofie
AU - Järvinen, Margaretha
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - AbstractThis paper explores the family relationships of mothers and children living at a women’s refuge because of intimate partner violence. Theoretically, the paper contributes to the sociological literature analysing family relationships in terms of ‘doing’ and ‘displaying’ rather than ‘being’ a family. Empirically, it is based on ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with children living at a refuge in Denmark. The paper shows that family display at the refuge is conducted by both mothers and children and sometimes in conflicting ways, not least when it comes to the question of how to define the position of the father (who has committed the violence) in the family’s future life. This highlights how display – as an evaluative practice – can be done in different ways in order to protect or reject family relationships, both internally and when addressing external audiences. Furthermore, the paper analyses family relationships in a semi-public setting (the refuge) where powerful audiences are active interpreters of the family display enacted, and participants in decisions concerning the families’ futures.
AB - AbstractThis paper explores the family relationships of mothers and children living at a women’s refuge because of intimate partner violence. Theoretically, the paper contributes to the sociological literature analysing family relationships in terms of ‘doing’ and ‘displaying’ rather than ‘being’ a family. Empirically, it is based on ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with children living at a refuge in Denmark. The paper shows that family display at the refuge is conducted by both mothers and children and sometimes in conflicting ways, not least when it comes to the question of how to define the position of the father (who has committed the violence) in the family’s future life. This highlights how display – as an evaluative practice – can be done in different ways in order to protect or reject family relationships, both internally and when addressing external audiences. Furthermore, the paper analyses family relationships in a semi-public setting (the refuge) where powerful audiences are active interpreters of the family display enacted, and participants in decisions concerning the families’ futures.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - displaying family
KW - doing family
KW - ethnography
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - mothers and children at a refuge
U2 - 10.1177/00380261211034670
DO - 10.1177/00380261211034670
M3 - Journal article
VL - 69
SP - 1229
EP - 1243
JO - Sociological Review
JF - Sociological Review
SN - 0038-0261
IS - 6
ER -
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