Storying domestic violence : constructions and stereotypes of abuse in the discourse of general practitioners / Jarmila Mildorf.

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007], ©2007.

xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.

Introduction -- Narrative : theoretical background -- Domestic violence and the role of general practice : a narrative-analytic approach -- Signs of abuse : "classic" disclosures and narrative trajectories -- Setting the scene of abuse : metaphors and spatiotemporal mapping -- Mythologizing time, mythologizing violence : backgrounds and explanations of domestic abuse -- Agents of their own victimization : the women's role in the GPS' narratives -- Evaluating abuse : storied knowledge and salient facts -- Conclusion.