Social Change Movements and the Struggle Over Meaning-Making: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Narratives |
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Authors: | Amy Lehrner Nicole E. Allen |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 601 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA. lehrner@uiuc.edu |
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Abstract: | Social movement theorists have emphasized the important role of meaning-making for social change movements (e.g., D. A. Snow and R. D. Benford, 1992, In: A. D. Morris & C. M. Mueller (Eds.) Frontiers in social movement theory. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, pp 133-155; C. M. Mueller, 1992, In: A. D. Morris & C. M. Mueller (Eds.) Frontiers in social movement theory. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, pp 3-26). Using the domestic violence movement as a case study, this study undertakes a close analysis of advocates' narratives about the phenomenon of domestic violence. This analysis sheds light on the current status of the movement as a social change movement attempting to promote alternative understandings of domestic violence as a social, rather than individual, problem. Study findings provide some evidence that the domestic violence movement has become increasingly de-politicized by documenting a range of narratives that convey an apolitical, degendered, individual-level analysis of domestic violence. |
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Keywords: | Domestic violence movement Social movements Social problems Battered women |
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