New feminist stories of child sexual abuse : sexual scripts and dangerous dialogues / edited by Paula Reavey and Sam Warner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reavey, Paula.

Warner, Sam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child sexual abuse.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The international feminist contributors to this book look through the lens of poststructuralism at how child sexual abuse is differently represented and understood in the populist, academic, clinical, media and legal contexts. Reworking earlier feminist analyses, they show how child sexual abuse is not just about gender and power but also about class, race and sexuality. The first, theoretical section of the book critiques normative theories of the 'effects' of abuse, explores the impact and consequences of feminist interventions and critically examines the potential usefulness of a feminist p

Contents:

New Feminist Stories of Child Sexual Abuse Sexual scripts and dangerous dialogues; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Exploring the cultural and political landscape of child sexual abuse; Chapter 2 Feminism's restless undead: the radical/lesbian/victim theorist and conflicts over sexual violence against children and women; Chapter 3 Childhood, sexual abuse and contemporary political subjectivities; Chapter 4 Problems of cultural imperialism in the study of child sexual abuse

Chapter 5 Traumatic revisions: remembering abuse and the politics of forgivenessChapter 6 Creating discourses of 'false memory': media coverage and production dynamics; Chapter 7 The vigilant(e) parent and the paedophile: the News of the World campaign 2000 and the contemporary governmentality of child sexual abuse; Part II How we theorise and intervene in the lives of women who have experienced child sexual abuse; Chapter 8 The 'harm' story in childhood sexual abuse: contested understandings, disputed knowledges

Chapter 9 When past meets present to produce a sexual 'other': examining professional and everyday narratives of child sexual abuse and sexualityChapter 10 Diagnosing distress and reproducing disorder: women, child sexual abuse and 'borderline personality disorder'; Chapter 11 Writing the effects of sexual abuse: interrogating the possibilities and pitfalls of using clinical psychology expertise for a critical justice agenda; Chapter 12 Working at being survivors: identity, gender and participation in self-help groups

Chapter 13 Disrupting identity through Visible Therapy: a feminist post-structuralist approach to working with women who have experienced child sexual abuseIndex

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-203-36157-1

1-280-07036-6

1-134-51223-6

9780203361571

0-415-25944-4

9780203361573

OCLC:

85782911