Abstract
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 375-392 |
Journal | Discourse Studies |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 24 Jun 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
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Keywords
- Accountability
- discourse analysis
- discursive psychology
- IPV
- memory
- relationships
- violence
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“Some I don’t remember and some I do”: Memory talk in accounts of intimate partner violence. / Goodman, Simon; Walker, Kate.
In: Discourse Studies, Vol. 18, No. 4, 01.08.2016, p. 375-392.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - “Some I don’t remember and some I do”: Memory talk in accounts of intimate partner violence.
AU - Goodman, Simon
AU - Walker, Kate
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - This study is the first to address the ways in which male perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) talk about memory in their reports of their IPV and how these are used to manage their accountability for the violence. Drawing on and developing the discursive psychological literature on talk about memory, which highlights how such talk is used to perform practical actions within interactions, a discourse analysis is conducted on interviews with six male perpetrators of recent, multiple incidents of IPV who were undergoing treatment. The analysis identified the varying ways in which memory was used: first, claims of forgetting were used to avoid answering difficult and potentially incriminating questions; second, claims of clear memories were used to position partners as problematic and responsible for violence; and third, claims about simultaneously remembering and forgetting were found. The implications of these strategies for managing identity and accountability are discussed.
AB - This study is the first to address the ways in which male perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) talk about memory in their reports of their IPV and how these are used to manage their accountability for the violence. Drawing on and developing the discursive psychological literature on talk about memory, which highlights how such talk is used to perform practical actions within interactions, a discourse analysis is conducted on interviews with six male perpetrators of recent, multiple incidents of IPV who were undergoing treatment. The analysis identified the varying ways in which memory was used: first, claims of forgetting were used to avoid answering difficult and potentially incriminating questions; second, claims of clear memories were used to position partners as problematic and responsible for violence; and third, claims about simultaneously remembering and forgetting were found. The implications of these strategies for managing identity and accountability are discussed.
KW - Accountability
KW - discourse analysis
KW - discursive psychology
KW - IPV
KW - memory
KW - relationships
KW - violence
U2 - 10.1177/1461445616647884
DO - 10.1177/1461445616647884
M3 - Article
VL - 18
SP - 375
EP - 392
JO - Discourse Studies
JF - Discourse Studies
SN - 1461-4456
IS - 4
ER -