The politics of child sexual abuse : emotion, social movements, and the state / Nancy Whittier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittier, Nancy, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child sexual abuse.

Child sexual abuse--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By taking a look at the vast transformation in the movement against child sexual abuse that took place from the 1970s until now, Nancy Whittier observes and explains the ways in which activists influence society.

Contents:

From rare perversion to patriarchal crime : feminist challenges to knowledge about incest in the 1970s

The politics of the "therapeutic turn" : self-help and internalized oppression

Social services, social control, and social change : the state and public policy in the 1970s and 1980s

Going mainstream : self-help activism during the 1980s

Diffusion and dilution : mass culture discovers child sexual abuse

Turning tides : countermovement organizing, "false memory syndrome," and the struggle over scientific knowledge

The politics of visibility : coming out, activist art, and emotional change

The paradoxical consequences of success.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-978331-4

0-19-971716-8

1-282-33556-1

9786612335563

OCLC:

1027206262