El Silencio”

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

Criminology · Critical ethnography · Domestic violence · Ethnography · Immigration · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Silence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma

• Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking

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• Barriers to Accessing Intimate Partner Violence Resources Among Latina Immigrants

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• Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Immigrant Women

  Open Access•Joanne Hulley, Louis Bailey et al.•Trauma Violence & Abuse•2023

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• Barriers to Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence Among Undocumented Spanish-Speaking Immigrants in the United States

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• Regaining One’s Own Voice

  Open Access•María José Baeza, Joseph P De Santis et al.•Journal of Family Violence•2025

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• Silence as a Response to Everyday Violence

  Open Access•T M Gammeltoft•Ethos•2016

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• Gender and domestic abuse victimisation among churchgoers in north west England

  Rebecca Barnes, K Aune•Journal of Gender-Based Violence•2021

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• Factors associated with sexual and reproductive health service utilisation in high migration communities in six Southern African countries

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• Transnational Violence Against Asylum-Seeking Women and Children

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• Mexican Immigrant Women’s Reconstruction of Punishment and Victimhood in Intimate Partner Violence

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• Viviendo con dignidad

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• Chicana Literature from a Chicana Feminist Perspective

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• Obscuring the Importance of Race

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• The Impact of Culture and Minority Status on Women’s Experience of Domestic Violence

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• “He Has Me Tied with the Blessed and Damned Papers”

  Olivia Salcido, Madelaine Adelman•Human Organization•2004

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• Intimate Partner Violence

  Open Access•Kaney Fedovskiy, Stacy Higgins et al.•Journal of Immigrant and Minority…•2007

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• Protecting Hispanic Women

  Michelle DeCasas•Chicana/o Latina/o Law Review•2003

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• Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Crime

  Open Access•Amanda Burgess‐Proctor•Feminist Criminology•2005

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• Voicing Chicana Feminisms

  Open Access•Oliva M Espin•Latino Studies•2004

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• Healing the Wounds of Domestic Abuse

  Open Access•Anita Sharma•Violence Against Women•2001

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• Experiences With Intimate Partner Violence Among Latina Women

  Open Access•Andrea L Hazen, Fernando I Soriano•Violence Against Women•2007

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• Barriers to Domestic Violence Help Seeking

  Open Access•Michelle Fugate, Leslie Landis et al.•Violence Against Women•2005

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• Violence Against Immigrant Women

  Open Access•Anita Raj, Jay G Silverman et al.•Violence Against Women•2002

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• Help-Seeking Behavior Among Abused Immigrant Women

  Open Access•Hoan N Bui•Violence Against Women•2003

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• Enhancing Latinas’ Participation in Research on Sexual Assault

  Open Access•Courtney E Ahrens, Libier Isas et al.•Violence Against Women•2011

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• Predictive Models of Domestic Violence and Fear of Intimate Partners Among Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Women

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• Patterns of partners' abusive behaviors as reported by Latina and non‐Latina survivors

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• Naturalistic inquiry

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• Expanding the Intersectional Paradigm to Better Understand Domestic Violence in Immigrant Communities

  Open Access•Natalie J Sokoloff•Critical Criminology•2008

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• Talking and Listening from Women's Standpoint

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• Ethnographer's Toolkit

  Open Access•Linda C Garro•CAM•2001

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• The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought

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