@article{ref1,
title="Finding My . . . A Story of Female Identity",
journal="Qualitative inquiry",
year="2009",
author="Mackie, Cara T.",
volume="15",
number="2",
pages="324-328",
abstract="This piece delves into an identity shaped by and a history filled with sexual violence. It was created from a performance script, various journal entries, and field notes, using the process of systematic sociological introspection1 to write through emotional experience. It also takes the form of autoethnographic 2 research, where I use self-reflection, connecting personal experience to a larger social context of violence against women. &quot;Finding my . . . &quot; embodies gender identity and uses voice/telling to show the move into a more confident &quot;self.&quot; While I attempt to make sense out of and share my experiences, I hope to encourage further conversation on this topic and reduce the stigma and shame that accompanies these encounters.<p />",
language="",
issn="1077-8004",
doi="10.1177/1077800408326847",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800408326847"
}