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benjamins.com>Title: Latinas' Narratives of Domestic Abuse Subtitle: Discrepant versions of violence Series Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 17 Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ http://www.benjamins.nl Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=Impact_17 Author: Shonna L. Trinch, Florida State University Hardback: ISBN: 1588114155, Pages: x, 315 pp., Price: USD 95.00 Comment: Hardback: ISBN: 9027218552, Pages: x, 315 pp., Price: EUR 95.00 Abstract: In the American legal system valid witness-testimony is supposed to be inva riable and unchanging, so defense attorneys highlight seeming inconsistenci es in victims accounts to impeach their credibility. This book off ers an examination of how and why victims of domestic violence might seem t o be changing their stories,in the criminal justice syst em, which may leave them vulnerable to attack and criticism. Latinas Narratives of Domestic Abuse: Discrepant Versions of Violence investiga tes the discourse of protective order interviews, where women apply for cou rt injunctions to keep abusers away. In these encounters, two different ver sions of violence, each influenced by a range of ethnolinguistic, intertext ual and cultural factors, are always produced. This ethnography of Latina w omen narrating violence suggests that before victims even get to trial, the ir testimony involves much more than merely telling the truth. This book pr ovides a unique look at pre-trial testimony as a collaborative and dynamic social and cultural act. Table of contents List of figures and tables vii Acknowledgments ix 1. Narrating violence in institutional settings 1 2. Telling the truth about violence: Language ideology and the function of narrative structure 15-36 3. Representation, ownership and genre: Language ideologies of narrative pr oduction and performance 37-55 4. Telling and re-telling: Latina narrators interacting with institutions 57-86 5. The protective order interview: A linguistic tug-of-war for representati on 87-119 6. Disappearing acts: Power, control, opposition and omission 121-153 7. Disfigurement and discrepancy: Taking the story out of the report 155-190 8. Transforming domestic violence into narrative syntax 191-223 9. Beyond the storytelling taboo: Latinas=E2=80=99 narratives and sexual vi olence 225-268 10. Discrepant versions and the margins: Truth or consequence for Latina ba= ttered women? 269-278 References 279-293 Appendix. Glossary of legal terms 295-299 Author index 301-304 Subject index 305-313 Lingfield(s): Pragmatics Sociolinguistics Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=8342.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue