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Talking Back: Six First Nations Women's Stories of Recovery From Childhood Sexual Abuse and Addictions

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1997

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The purpose of this study was to create a discourse about recovery that embodied and reflected the life experience of six First Nations women who had experienced childhood sexual abuse and addictions. An exploratory, emancipatory, feminist qualitative research design elicited data through interactive audio-taped interview processes. The six stories were translated into four emergent themes with 10 subtexts. Gender and culture were central considerations in the women's stories of recovery.

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Six femmes autochtones qui ont vécu des experiences d'abus sexuels durant leur enfance et qui ont fait, plus tafd, l'expérience de la toxicomanie nous livrent les résultats de leur réflexion par rapport è leur période de recouvrement. La présente étude est exploratoire, émancipatrice et feministe; elle est basée sur des données qualitatives obtenues au cours d'entreues enregistrées. Les six récits de vies sont présentés ici sous quatre thémes principaux et 10 sous-thémes. Genre et culture sont deux éléments fondamentaux dans ces histoires de recouvrement.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 16Number 1September 1997
Pages: 51 - 68

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Version of record online: 4 May 2009

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Elaine Herbert
University of British Columbia
Kathryn McCannell
University of British Columbia

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