dc.contributor.advisor |
Elizabeth, Vivienne |
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dc.contributor.author |
Baigent, Phoebe Elizabeth Teddy |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-12-15T02:25:35Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-12-15T02:25:35Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/57817 |
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dc.description |
Full Text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Post-separation literature to date has had two areas of focus. First, the effects of separation and relocation on children, and secondly, which type of parenting arrangement is in the best interests of the children. The scholarship is sparse on mothers' restricted movement experience and their diminished autonomy after separation. This knowledge is particularly limited around the relationship between mothers, their movement, and their engagement with the family court.
In this thesis, I discuss mothers' experiences of diminished autonomy - how their inability to be autonomous in their movement was influenced by the family court and the father of their children. I look at how the inability of mothers to move autonomously post separation has affected their relationships with their families, their communities, and their sense of self and psychological wellbeing.
In this study, I unpack interviews conducted with nine women living in New Zealand; all of whom felt a sense of restriction on their ability to move autonomously. These interviews identified that the ability to relocate is deeply complex. For example, one mother was highly mobile but felt restricted due to her income, the cost of housing, and her sense of fear from the father. Another mother was prevented from seeking family support due to a Parenting Order that prescribed how far away she should reside from a family court. Interwoven throughout these narratives were experiences of restriction to their daily movement as a result of being stalked and harassed by the fathers of their children. This resulted in these mothers being unable to move freely within their own spaces. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Full Text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only. |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Moving and Moving On Separated Mothers' Experiences of Post-Separation Autonomy |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Sociology |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.date.updated |
2021-11-26T20:03:09Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: the author |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112954749 |
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