Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women

The paper focuses on violence against seniors; a phenomenon that will increase due to the ageing of society. Two autobiographical-narrative interviews are presented – with older women who have experienced long-term domestic violence from their husbands. The goal is to show individual trajectories re...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maćkowicz, Jolanta
Format: Online
Language:Polish
Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:ONIX_20250307_9788381420709_110
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1869513883674214400
author Maćkowicz, Jolanta
author_browse Maćkowicz, Jolanta
author_facet Maćkowicz, Jolanta
author_sort Maćkowicz, Jolanta
collection Directory of Open Access Books
description The paper focuses on violence against seniors; a phenomenon that will increase due to the ageing of society. Two autobiographical-narrative interviews are presented – with older women who have experienced long-term domestic violence from their husbands. The goal is to show individual trajectories revealing the biographical struggle with trauma during 40 years of their adult life. Living in violent relationships, both women lived with lowered self-esteem. Long-term, brutal violence evoked very strong, extreme emotions in the narrators, accompanied by suffering, fear and a sense of powerlessness. The analyses show an example of overcoming barriers and a heroic inner fight in the process of dealing with traumatic life experiences.
format Online
id doab-20.500.12854ir-154685
institution Directory of Open Access Books
language pol
publishDate 2025
publishDateRange 2025
publishDateSort 2025
publisher Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
publisherStr Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
record_format ojs
spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1546852025-03-07T13:30:37Z Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women Maćkowicz, Jolanta activation programs for seniors ecotherapy health promotion old age discrimination based on age ageism medical conditions in seniors The paper focuses on violence against seniors; a phenomenon that will increase due to the ageing of society. Two autobiographical-narrative interviews are presented – with older women who have experienced long-term domestic violence from their husbands. The goal is to show individual trajectories revealing the biographical struggle with trauma during 40 years of their adult life. Living in violent relationships, both women lived with lowered self-esteem. Long-term, brutal violence evoked very strong, extreme emotions in the narrators, accompanied by suffering, fear and a sense of powerlessness. The analyses show an example of overcoming barriers and a heroic inner fight in the process of dealing with traumatic life experiences. 2025-03-07T13:30:36Z 2025-03-07T13:30:36Z 2019 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788381420709_110 9788381420709 9788381423038 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/154685 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/879 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8142-303-8.14 The paper focuses on violence against seniors; a phenomenon that will increase due to the ageing of society. Two autobiographical-narrative interviews are presented – with older women who have experienced long-term domestic violence from their husbands. The goal is to show individual trajectories revealing the biographical struggle with trauma during 40 years of their adult life. Living in violent relationships, both women lived with lowered self-esteem. Long-term, brutal violence evoked very strong, extreme emotions in the narrators, accompanied by suffering, fear and a sense of powerlessness. The analyses show an example of overcoming barriers and a heroic inner fight in the process of dealing with traumatic life experiences. 10.18778/8142-303-8.14 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788381420709 9788381423038 211-222 open access
spellingShingle activation programs for seniors
ecotherapy
health promotion
old age
discrimination based on age
ageism
medical conditions in seniors
Maćkowicz, Jolanta
Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women
title Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women
title_full Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women
title_fullStr Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women
title_full_unstemmed Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women
title_short Chapter Trapped in domestic violence – narratives of older women
title_sort chapter trapped in domestic violence narratives of older women
topic activation programs for seniors
ecotherapy
health promotion
old age
discrimination based on age
ageism
medical conditions in seniors
topic_facet activation programs for seniors
ecotherapy
health promotion
old age
discrimination based on age
ageism
medical conditions in seniors
url ONIX_20250307_9788381420709_110
work_keys_str_mv AT mackowiczjolanta chaptertrappedindomesticviolencenarrativesofolderwomen