Silva-Martínez Elithet
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Violence Against Women. 2016 Apr;22(5):523-44. doi: 10.1177/1077801215607357. Epub 2015 Oct 13.
This critical ethnography explored the experiences of battered, immigrant, Spanish-speaking Latinas in the Midwest of the United States. It relied on Chicana and Mujerista frameworks for understanding help-seeking. Although there has been progress in documenting intimate partner violence in the United States, there is less knowledge concerning this issue with undocumented Latinas. The methodology implemented two stages: (a) observations and informal interviews and (b) formal interviews. The findings reveal multiple sides of "el silencio." Maintaining the silence, or breaking it, is surrounded by exchanges with the internal voice parallel to personal experiences with violence at different points in life. It is also affected by cultural expectations in home and host country.
这项批判性人种志研究探讨了在美国中西部遭受虐待的、移民的、说西班牙语的拉丁裔女性的经历。它依靠奇卡诺和女权主义框架来理解求助行为。尽管在美国记录亲密伴侣暴力方面已取得进展，但对于无证拉丁裔女性这一问题的了解却较少。该方法实施了两个阶段：（a）观察和非正式访谈以及（b）正式访谈。研究结果揭示了“沉默”的多个方面。保持沉默或打破沉默，都与在人生不同阶段与暴力的个人经历并行的内心声音的交流有关。它还受到母国和东道国文化期望的影响。
