Intimate Intrusions Revisited: A Case of Intimate Partner Abuse and Violations of the Territories of the Self

Abstract

Intimate partner abuse is a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon, highly situated and “locally-produced” by intimate partners in the domestic interactional milieu. Adopting a symbolic interactionist approach, this article uses a limited topical life-history case study to investigate the interactional experiences of a male victim of female-perpetrated intimate partner abuse. The theoretical analysis utilises Goffman’s conceptualisation of the “territories of the self” and their subjection to various forms of contamination or “modalities of violation”, applied in this case to the contested domestic interactional milieu. The paper seeks to add to a developing qualitative literature on male victims’ experiences of intimate abuse and violence, and to extend Goffman’s conceptual insights into a new domain.

Reinforcing Effect of Terrorism and Corruption Nexus on Net Migration from Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis

“…Large number of people out-migrate because of humiliation of human rights, persecution, political instability and natural disasters. According to Collinson (2009), low income countries are marked with excessive unemployment, hunger, violence and extremism while their governments are unable to disburse sufficient resources among their people. According to World Migration Report, 2010a and 2010b, above two hundred million people have moved from developing countries towards the developed countries because of economic and social turbulence in the country of origin.…”