The Class Politics of Domestic Violence

The claim is often voiced that wife abuse is a problem that cuts across all social and economic lines. Yet there is considerable research evidence suggesting an inverse relationship between wife abuse and the socioeconomic status of both victims and perpetrators. The question of the relevance of social class has generally been construed as a factual one, in principle resolvable by collecting more and better data. Doing a participant observation study of a treatment programme for men who batter, I was forced to bracket the objective, empirical question, but freed to see how certain ideological practices worked to keep class seen-but-unnoticed. The abstract terms and categories of the dominant discourse of abuse were deployed in ways that subsumed and subdued the men\u27s own experiences of themselves and their lives. In this way the particular local setting was bound to the relations of ruling of patriarchal capitalism. The approaches of peacemaking criminology and restorative justice offer possibilities for alternative, more effective responses to men\u27s violence against women

Creativity, self-exploration and change: creative-arts based activities and transformational identity desistance narratives

This exploratory article is based on interviews and focus groups with prisoners reflecting on the benefits of engaging in creative arts-based activities. Desistance theorists emphasise the importance of judgments based on individual personal impressions, feelings and opinions in offenders’ co-production and ownership of their desistance narratives. The data presented here are used to illustrate the positive changes in offenders’ subjective understandings and to highlight the appropriateness of using more nuanced research designs to provide evidence of effectiveness of engagement with arts-based projects

The framing of the miniatures of the benedictional of St. Aethelwold : meaning and function

The frames surrounding the miniatures of the tenth-century manuscript, "The Benedictional of St. Aethelwold" (British Museum, Add. MS. 49598) are so sumptuous and striking that they almost seem to overwhelm the enclosed scenes. Closer study, however, makes it apparent that the artists used the framing as a device to emphasize the liturgical and royal significance of the scenes, and that a hierarchical plan was envisioned - the more important the feast was to the patron, Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester, the more embellished was the frame. Because very little has been written about framing in general and since no authority has yet examined the significance of the framing of the miniatures in the Benedictional, this thesis examines the interrelationship between the frames and the scenes. Based on the traditional monograph, this study begins with a Preface followed by seven chapters - Description of the manuscript, traditions of framing in manuscripts prior to the Benedictional, components and sources of the Benedictional's frames, colour, overlapping of frame and image, interaction between frame and scene, and conclusion. Each chapter reaches its own conclusion and contains elements which are important as background to the final thesis - that the frames were not merely decorative additions but played a decisive role in enhancing the iconography of the miniatures. The concluding chapter of the thesis, sums up the previous evidence and shows how the hierarchical role played by the frames of the miniatures emphasizes the liturgical and royal content of the scenes. The study suggests that the artists attempted, in a highly conscious way, to underline the political and theological aspects of the monastic reforms initiated by St. Aethelwold, which were a major factor in the revival of the arts in tenth century England, and the formation of the 'Winchester School'.Arts, Faculty ofArt History, Visual Art and Theory, Department ofGraduat

Catherine, Punch's Prize Novelists, And Vanity Fair: Thackeray As Parodist.

PhDLiteratureUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studieshttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/191119/2/7510230.pd

The dead Hemingways : a rationale of the writer in decline

Primarily, the thesis will reconsider the "minority report" position regarding Hemingway, and attempt to rationalize attendant charges that Hemingway's later fiction betrayed elements of self-parody (Across the River and Into the Trees. 1950), self-imitation (The Old Man and the Sea, 1952), and self-indulgence (A Moveable Feast, 1964). The minority report holds that the later writer had come to identify with the image of his public persona, and that subsequent attempts at fiction were as a result overcharacterized by self-congratulation, wish-fulfillment, and a crucial loss of ironic or otherwise aesthetic distance. The paper will dispute the biographical bias which advances much of this rationale by demonstrating that Hemingway's alleged decline as a writer is in any case incidental to his fame, and that his fame as a writer is incidental to the biographical fallacy in Hemingway criticism. The paper will propose instead that the Hemingway persona had become derivative, had ceased to offer a reliable alibi for fiction for which his readers, attracted in the first place by the author's much-publicized dictum of writing-after-experience, had come to expect a reasonable basis in autobiographical reality

Understanding PTSD among correctional workers in Manitoba, Canada: Key considerations of social variables

Abstract Mounting evidence highlights the high prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among correctional workers. The current analysis draws on survey response data to present a social profile of correctional workers in the province of Manitoba (n = 580), Canada, who screened positive for PTSD (n = 196). We examined demographic information, professional history information, and adverse work exposure experiences, as well as treatment and support patterns. The analysis was not intended to identify correlates of PTSD development among correctional workers, but did identify the characteristics, professional and personal situations, and treatment experiences of correctional workers who screened positive for PTSD. The results highlight the multidimensional nature of work stressors, the pronounced problem of work–life conflict, and variations in seeking supports and treatments. Generally, participants screening positive for PTSD reported higher exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events, higher environmental or occupational stressors at work, and many had prior work experience as public safety personnel. Correctional workers who screened positive for PTSD appeared more likely to access mental health supports. Promoting proactive support seeking for mental health treatment may help to mitigate the severity, frequency, stigma, and length of mental health challenges among correctional workers