The Everyday Lives of Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse

Looking Beyond the Trauma Lens
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7468-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Discussions on children who have experienced domestic abuse often focuses on trauma and risks, and little is known about their lives beyond abuse. This risks pathologising children and reinforcing colonial and patriarchal social norms.

This groundbreaking book challenges dominant narratives by drawing on an 18-month multimodal ethnography with children in an inner London borough.

Offering a radical and holistic perspective on children’s personhood, this book situates their everyday lives within broader global debates on childhood, decolonisation and social justice. It engages with the works of Black feminist, decolonial and Indigenous scholars, calling for a fundamental rethinking of how we support and understand children who have experienced domestic abuse.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herbert, Brenda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Tod, Sterbehilfe: Soziale und Ethische Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Over-researched and Under-Represented: Decolonising the Figure of the Child

3. Everyday Life of Mystical

4. Taking the Fun out of Play

5. The Aesthetics of Everyday Life

6. The Art of Loving in Everyday Life

7. Conclusion - Floating Matters

Über Autor(innen)

Brenda Herbert is a counsellor with 15 years’ experience working with children who have experienced domestic abuse. She holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London and was the Sociological Review Fellow 2024–25.