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Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, Vol. 8, No. 3, 279-283 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1532708607310792

When a Mother Strikes too Close to the Bone

Vivienne Elizabeth

University of Auckland

This article contains an account of the author's childhood experiences of her mother's use of harsh corporal punishment. These childhood experiences, as well as other aspects of the author's family life, are largely conveyed to the reader through a combination of autoethnographic poems and prose. Through these writings the author reflects on the haunting power of childhood experiences of harsh corporal punishment.

Key Words: autoethnography • corporal punishment • identity • memory


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