Journal
HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 229-254Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.943837
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We examined the stories of 12 women mothering growing children at the intersection of personal history (childhood violence experiences) and symbolic, structural, and ideological forces and conditions. Women revealed their determination to reweave a self and a world, that is, to continually reconstruct and reconfigure their lives to change the story for themselves and their children. Women's ability to reweave, however, was facilitated or challenged through intersections with family, networks, single stories, and prescribed rules and routines. We propose that reweaving work is a significant phenomenon to consider as deeper understandings of the dynamic experience of adult resilience are sought.
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