Hamilton Books
Pages: 234
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-3584-4 • Paperback • March 2007 • $56.99 • (£44.00)
978-1-4616-2702-9 • eBook • March 2007 • $54.00 • (£42.00)
Jan Rosenberg, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, is an independent folklorist and has been trained as a hospital chaplain. She has been conducting folk cultural documentation in the South since 1986.
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Pam Taylor
Chapter 3 Jessica B.
Chapter 4 Dottie Smith
Chapter 5 YB
Chapter 6 A 47-Year-Old Woman
Chapter 7 Elizabeth Nance
Chapter 8 PD
Chapter 9 BS
Chapter 10 A 64-Year-Old Woman
Chapter 11 Patricia Rogers
Chapter 12 Information Guide for Abused Women
Part 13 Resources
Part 14 Index
Folklorists bring, to projects like this one, important skills and perspectives, such as the ability to ask an open-ended question and then sit back and listen... The strength of this volume lies in Rosenberg's demonstration of these skills and perspectives. A detailed resource guide for women experiencing abuse and a bibliography for further reading are appended to the volume....
— Western Folklore, December 2009
Folklorists bring, to projects like this one, important skills and perspectives, such as the ability to ask an open-ended question and then sit back and listen... The strength of this volume lies in Rosenberg's demonstration of these skills and perspectives. A detailed resource guide for women experiencing abuse and a bibliography for further reading are appended to the volume.
— Western Folklore, December 2009
Folklorists bring, to projects like this one, important skills and perspectives, such as our ability to ask an open-ended question and then sit back and listen, letting the narrator guide the path of her narrative; our valuing of individual voices that teach us something about the individual and the collective; and our desire to give voice to those who have been silenced by more powerful forces. The strength of this volume lies in Rosenberg's demonstration of these skills and perspectives....Although Rosenberg's intended audience is not folklorists-it is those who are experiencing abuse-folklorists need to pay attention to work such as this, particularly in the context of our ongoing discussions about the role that we can play in public policy arenas, from the global to the grassroots.
— Ann Ferrell, Ohio State University