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Restorative Notions: Regaining My Voice, Regaining My Father: A Creative Womanist Approach To Healing From Sexual Abuse, Adenike A. Harris

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses

This creative thesis illustrates how the writer initiated a ‘call-and-response’ dialogue as a healing strategy to heal her relationship with her non-abusive biological father after revealing to him that her stepfather had sexually abused her from ages 14 to 22. This memoir both contributes to the field of Women’s Studies and provides an example that other sexual abuse survivors can follow to heal their intimate relationships.