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650			_9252 _aFAMILY VIOLENCE
999			_c4664 _d4664
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008			150422s2014 -nz xxu||m|| |||| 00| 0 eng d
040			_aAFVC
082			_a362.8292 FU
100			_aFu, Mengzhu _94860
245			_aMoving on : _bstructural violence and age(ncy) in young South Asian women's lifeworlds post-family violence in Aotearoa / New Zealand _cMengzhu Fu
246			_aA thesis submitted in the fulfilment of the degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology, University of Auckland.
260			_c2014
300			_a125 pages; 30 cm
300			_aelectronic document (125 pages); PDF file: 1 MB
500			_aMasters thesis (MA in Anthropology)
520			_aFamily violence is a serious social problem across various communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This feminist ethnography centres the stories of diasporic South Asian young women living in Aotearoa, their experiences of migration, violence, Shakti refuge life and moving on. Shakti is a feminist organisation that advocates for Asian, Middle Eastern and African women survivors of family violence. I argue that age and immigration status significantly informs relations of power and discrimination, from survivors’ experiences of family violence to their lives after crisis. I assert that feminist intersectionality, the dominant theory for explaining immigrant women’s experiences of domestic violence, is limited and requires theoretical supplementation. I advocate for more analyses of relationships to counter the overemphasis on identities in intersectional understandings of inequality and violence, specifically more attention to generational relationships. Survivors’ agency, mobility and age are foregrounded in this thesis to consider the instability of power relations and possibilities of change. Shakti intervention services provided a transitional space and a key source of support for youth survivors. A sense of communitas was built with other survivors in the refuge like other kinds of rites of passage. Shakti youth survivors continued to struggle with immigration; employment issues; mental health and reflected on feelings of both hope and despair in their lives post-crisis. Their strategies often involve mobility as part of a process of moving on, seeking social connections and places of belonging. They invested in cultural and economic capital to rebuild their lives. Structural violence is deeply intertwined with family violence in survivor’s stories. Feminist politics for liberation and social change need to challenge the entanglement of social hierarchies with political economy. (Author's abstract) Record #4664
610			_92402 _aShakti
650			_aABUSED WOMEN _925
650			_aASIAN PEOPLES _966
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650		5	_aGENDER _9269
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aMIGRANTS _9385
650		5	_9606 _aTHESES
650		4	_aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9624
650		0	_aVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN _93088
650			_aYOUNG WOMEN _9661
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/2292/24637
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS