Author： Mason Gail Pulvirenti Mariastella
Publisher： Oxford University Press
ISSN： 1464-3529
Source： British Journal of Criminology, Vol.53, Iss.3, 2013-05, pp. : 401-418
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Abstract
The efforts of new, former refugee communities to grow their legitimacy as citizens often in hostile host environments puts community needs at odds with individual needs. From an analysis of interviews with service providers across two states in Australia, and borrowing the concept of `papering over', we demonstrate how these tensions impact on women in these communities building resilience to domestic violence. Despite community being vital for building individual resilience, `papering over' operates to keep communities quiet about domestic violence and reliant on definitions of violence that serve to save the face of communities. While this is a challenge for how former refugee communities respond to domestic violence, it is also a challenge for how we conceptualize resilience across intersecting subject positions.
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