Shattered but unbroken : voices of triumph and testimony / edited by Amelia van der Merwe and Valerie Sinason.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van der Merwe, Amelia, editor.

Sinason, Valerie, 1946- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child abuse--Personal narratives.

Child abuse.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xxix, 280 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

Shattered but Unbroken is an edited volume focusing on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which combines the narratives of survivors of ritual abuse with academic contributions on the causes, correlates and interventions applicable to DID. The book is divided into two distinct parts. Part 1 begins with the missing memoir of Anna, a survivor of ritual abuse. Anna chose not to publish her memoir for fear of retribution from her perpetrators. The plight of Anna is interwoven between all the contributions in the book, be they life writing or academic contributions. So too are the life writings of Annalise, writing under pseudonym. Instead of using Anna's memoir, the politics of anonymity is addressed by a range of survivors of ritual abuse, who write about their decision to use their real name in their narratives, or to use pseudonyms. Part 2 of the book contains academic contributions, which deal with the causes, correlates and interventions applicable to the most common response to ritual abuse, DID.

Contents:

Part I Voices

Chapter 1 Remarks on the publication of detailed case studies / Richard P. Kluft Kluft, Richard P. 3

Chapter 2 Commentary on life writing from survivors / Annalise, Wendy Hoffman Hoffman, Wendy, Alison Miller Miller, Alison, Mary Bach-Loreaux Bach-Loreaux, Mary, Paula Bennett Bennett, Paula, Amelia van der Menwe Menwe, Amelia van der, Kim Noble Noble, Kim, Joanna 11

Part II Testimonies

Introduction to Part II / Valerie Sinason Sinason, Valerie 57

Chapter 3 History of trauma-related, dissociation, with a focus on dissociative identity disorder / Onno van der Hart Hart, Onno van der 61

Chapter 4 Cross-temporal and cross-cultural perspectives on dissociative disorders of identity / Eli Somer Somer, Eli 89

Chapter 5 "Dissociating dissociation"-debates and controversies / Amelia van der Merwe Merwe, Amelia van der 111

Chapter 6 Variations in identity alteration-a qualitative study of experiences of psychiatric patients with dissociative identity disorder / Christa Krüger Krüger, Christa 133

Chapter 7 Dissociative identity disorder, culture, and memory / Lina Hartocollis Hartocollis, Lina 163

Chapter 8 The psychiatric comorbidity of dissociative identity disorder: an integrated look / Vedat Sar Sar, Vedat 181

Chapter 9 Dissociative identity disorder and its saturation with shame / Phil Motion Motion, Phil 211

Chapter 10 What's different about ritual abuse and mind control / Alison Miller Miller, Alison 221

Chapter 11 Reflections on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified-a closer look at selected issues / Richard P. Kluft Kluft, Richard P. 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1782203494

9781782203490

OCLC:

959032083