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Domestic violence, discourses of romantic love, and complex personhood in the law Seuffert, Nan

By: Material type: ArticleArticlePublication details: London Cavendish 2002ISBN:
  • 185941723X
Subject(s): Online resources: In: In M. Thornton (Ed.) Romancing the tomes : popular culture, law and feminism : 87-111Summary: This chapter examines prevailing legal discourses in the context of women who have killed men after having been subjected to domestic violence for long periods of time. It looks at selected dominant discourses of romantic love and argues that the courtroom statements by abused women that they love or loved their abusers are constrained within the common law's narrow recognition of relationships as functions of property. The prevailing themes of ownership and romantic love, constructed through popular culture and other discourses, are said to inform common law courts and serve to facilitate abusive relationships.
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This chapter examines prevailing legal discourses in the context of women who have killed men after having been subjected to domestic violence for long periods of time. It looks at selected dominant discourses of romantic love and argues that the courtroom statements by abused women that they love or loved their abusers are constrained within the common law's narrow recognition of relationships as functions of property. The prevailing themes of ownership and romantic love, constructed through popular culture and other discourses, are said to inform common law courts and serve to facilitate abusive relationships.

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In M. Thornton (Ed.) Romancing the tomes : popular culture, law and feminism : 87-111