Melancholic mothering: mothers,daughters and family violence     

Jane Kenway 《Gender and education》2008,20(6):639-654

Through selected theories of melancholia, this paper seeks to shed some fresh interpretive light on the reproduction and disruption of gender, violence and family turmoil across generations of mothers and daughters. The originality of the paper lies in its exploratory deployment of theories of melancholia to consider issues of women, violence and generation. It addresses these matters through a discussion of the intergenerational emotional archives accumulated by two mother–daughter pairs in relation to their different experiences of sexual and other violence. It shares the mothers’ experiences of violence in their childhood and shows how these help to shape the ways in which they raise their daughters and address the troubles that their daughters experience. Different theories of melancholia assist us to explain the dissimilar emotional dynamics between these mother and daughter pairs. But equally their stories suggest the analytical potential of different theories of melancholia for understanding women’s and girls’ diverse responses to violence. Freud’s, Irigaray’s and Silverman’s constructions of melancholia, which are to some extent based on notions of emptiness, lack and insufficiency, are deployed alongside Eng and Kazanjian’s interpretation of a melancholic state of being which focuses on the creative potential of animating the remains of loss; an interpretation that invokes an agential relationship to the losses that violence provokes. The former help to explain what Eng and Kazanjian might see as the ‘hopeless politics’ associated with certain melancholic responses to violence and the latter help to explain what they might consider more ‘hopeful politics’ associated with responses that mobilise a more agential relationship to loss. Although not subscribing to such a stark binary interpretation, we nonetheless argue for an analysis that acknowledges the different ways that the remains of loss are animated. The paper arises from a wider cross‐generational study in Australia of the lives of educationally, economically and culturally marginalised young women and their mothers.  相似文献   

关于我国反家庭暴力立法的思考     

杜素华 《德州学院学报》2008,24(3):92-95

保护妇女合法权益,促进男女平等已成为国际社会不可逆转的历史潮流,世界各国已纷纷加强了反家庭暴力立法。我国在这方面起步较晚,至今尚无专门的反家庭暴力法,目前的家庭暴力救济措施还存在法律冲突且缺乏可操作性。因此完善反家庭暴力立法,建立社会共同的反家庭暴力网络迫在眉睫。  相似文献   

论妇女权力之保护--对196件家庭暴力案件的调查分析     

王妍蕾  张蓉  李红菊  徐启飞 《湖北广播电视大学学报》2005,22(3):58-61

家庭暴力下的女性存在着不同程度的恐惧、自卑、压抑和依赖的心理，她们的遭遇大多悲惨，令人同情。造成她们悲惨命运的，既有来自她们自身传统的思想观念和现实利益的原因，为面子、孩子、亲朋等残酷的现实原因，还有来自社会的现实和法制建设欠缺等方面的原因。只有从提高女性自身素质入手，进一步健全法制，才能遏制家庭暴力的产生和蔓延。  相似文献   

从遇暴妇女之结局看元杂剧作家的贞节理想     

张维娟 《阜阳师范学院学报(社会科学版)》2003,(4):72-75

元代杂剧作家对于已婚妇女有“从一而终”的贞节理想。这主要体现在他们对遇暴妇女结局的不同处理上。元杂剧作品中遇暴妇女的结局一般有两种,一为夫妻团圆,一为夫妻不团圆。团圆或不团圆的标准有两条,一是看遇暴妇女是否反抗,一是看事后妇女是否随顺。一般地说,第一条标准是夫妻团圆的必要条件,但决不是充分条件。第二条标准是夫妻团圆的充分必要条件,但在妇女保全了丈夫的子嗣和在暴力面前丈夫自己先行软弱下来两种情况不也可以有通融的余地。  相似文献   

The prevalence and context of family violence against children in Finland     

Heikki Sariola  Antti Uutela 《Child abuse & neglect》1992,16(6):823-832

The prevalence and context of violence against children in their families was surveyed as part of a study on the sexual abuse of children. A random sample of 409 comprehensive school classes with approximately 9,000 15-year-olds was asked to anonymously fill out questionnaires. The majority filled out the questionnaires in the privacy of the school nurse's office, the rest in their classrooms. Of the selected classes, 88.8% participated in the survey, and the response rate of the students in those classes was 96%. Mild violence (slapping, pushing, etc.) was reported by 72% of the respondents, and severe violence (hitting with a fist, kicking, use of weapons) was reported by 8%. Violence was committed by the parents sometime before the children reached age 14. Incidents of violence during the year preceding the survey were reported by 19% and 5%, mild and severe, respectively. Mild violence was committed slightly more often by mothers than fathers. Severe violence was perpetrated more frequently by fathers. Girls reported mild abuse more often than boys. Severe violence was experienced equally often by both sexes. Children living with single mothers reported less-than-average mild violence, but more frequent severe violence. The highest incidence of severe violence was found among youth living in families with a stepfather. Unemployment in a family tended to increase both mild and severe violence. Violence was reported least often by children living in farming families or Swedish speaking families (which make up about 6% of Finnish population). Overall the frequency of violence toward children in Finland is significantly lower than in the U.S. Comparison to Sweden seems to show an identical level of child abuse, although different study methods make comparisons difficult.  相似文献   

论斯密情感主义道德评价理论及其当代启示     

李杨 《湖北广播电视大学学报》2007,27(10):63-64

本文从斯密道德评价理论的情感基础出发,探讨了道德评价机制的形成和公正旁观者的核心作用以及道德评价的依据,讨论其理论得失及对当代中国道德建设的启示。  相似文献   

Creating Respectful Classroom Environments   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Regina Miller  Joan Pedro 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2006,33(5):293-299

Creating respectful classroom environments Respect is a critical variable in education. It is critical to each individual child in the classroom environment as well as to the teaching and learning that takes place in the classroom. Children learn by example. Where do they get their examples? This article explores the parameters of teaching and encouraging respect in classrooms for young children. Emphasis is placed on the creation of respectful classroom environments taught by teachers who have themselves been prepared to nurture this kind of environment.  相似文献   

Sensing as an ethical dimension of teacher professionality     

Silvia Edling  Anneli Frelin 《Journal of moral education》2016,45(1):46-58

The purpose of this article is to theoretically discuss how teacher professionality, as an aspect of teacher professionalism, can be understood in relation to the notion of sensing within the ethics of alterity and the ethics of dissensus, both of which express a desire to contest the various forms of violence in society. Subsequently, in this case the conceptualisation of sensing can be regarded as highly important for introducing a relatively new dimension into the field of teacher professionality and, as such, the nuancing of teachers’ professional judgements. The results suggest that the notion of sensing in teachers’ judgements: (1) troubles given categories; (2) highlights the vulnerability of educational relationships; (3) leads to unlimited responsibilities amongst teachers; and (4) obliges teachers to constantly re-evaluate their sensed judgements for the sake of others.  相似文献   

传统、暴力与古典：李亚伟诗歌抒情的核心     

楚歌 《涪陵师范学院学报》2006,22(6):84-89

暴力的抒情以及传统和暴力的复杂关系,是理解李亚伟诗歌的核心,也可理解为是李亚伟诗歌写作的原动力。从其诗作中,我们可以读到李亚伟莽汉式的温柔、传统的温柔,这与暴力有关,而又可以归属于古典。  相似文献   

Conflict in the family: A continuing education course produced by the open university     

Carolyn Okell Jones  Bill Roberts  M.Susan Hurley  Geraldine Peacock 《Child abuse & neglect》1981,5(1):53-58

This course, first presented by the Open University in 1980, is designed for independent study by people who, in the course of their working lives, come into contact with families suffering serious internal conflicts which place any members—adult or child—in danger of physical or emotional abuse in their own home. The course has been developed at a level which should make it a serious contribution to in-service training for a wide variety of professionals and experienced voluntary workers. It is unique in that it not only examines constructive and destructive aspects of conflict but also integrates written material (16 units) with an audiovisual component (8 TV programmes and 7 cassette tapes) on prevention, diagnosis and intervention relating to the whole spectrum of family conflict and violence including child abuse, sexual abuse, adolescent abuse, spouse abuse, abuse of and by the elderly and abuse of parents by their children. This paper provides a brief outline of the course aims, objectives and content together with information on its usage in the UK and the availability of certain components for international usage.  相似文献