TY - JOUR
T1 - Social change movements and the struggle over meaning-making
T2 - A case study of domestic violence narratives
AU - Lehrner, Amy
AU - Allen, Nicole E.
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Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Julian Rap-paport, Peggy Miller, and Cris Sullivan for comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript, and the advocates who generously participated in this study. This study was supported in part by a Feminist Scholarship Award from the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Battered women
KW - Domestic violence movement
KW - Social movements
KW - Social problems
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U2 - 10.1007/s10464-008-9199-3
DO - 10.1007/s10464-008-9199-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 18923897
AN - SCOPUS:55649102745
VL - 42
SP - 220
EP - 234
JO - American Journal of Community Psychology
JF - American Journal of Community Psychology
SN - 0091-0562
IS - 3-4
ER -