FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse

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This paper discusses the use of abusive Yoruba proverbs in polygynous settings in Western Nigeria, with a focus on how such expressions reflect and shape interpersonal relationships. Using a socio-pragmatic and semiotic theoretical framework, this research explores how proverbs function as complex sign systems that encode power relations and cultural meanings. Data were collected through participant observation in p…

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. From 1983 to 2002, Trouble and Strife: The Radical Feminist Magazine was a distinctive voice in British feminism. It was the longest-surviving completely independent feminist periodical published in this period and it combined the intellectual depth of an academic journal with the acc…

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Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining -- he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questio…

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Oral history interview conducted by College of Charleston Libraries Special Collections and Archives as part of the ongoing efforts to preserve, elevate, and document the stories and history of the LGBTQ+ community in South Carolina. Regina Duggins tells the story of her childhood in metropolitan New York, growing up in a tightknit family with her strong connections to religion and the surrounding community. She des…