New versions of victims feminists struggle with the concept

It is increasingly difficult to use the word "victim" these days without facing either ridicule for "crying victim" or criticism for supposed harshness toward those traumatized. Some deny the possibility of "recovering" repressed memories of abuse, or consider date rape...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lamb, Sharon (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press 1999.
New York, NY : [1999]
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009810268406719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Heretical Texts The Courage to Heal and the Incest Survivor Movement
  • Chapter Two. The Challenge to Feminism Posed by Women’s Use of Violence in Intimate Relationships
  • Chapter Three “I Wasn’t Raped, but . . . ” Revisiting Definitional Problems in Sexual Victimization
  • Chapter four. Recasting Consent Agency and Victimization in Adult-Teen Relationships
  • Chapter Five. Constructing the Victim: Popular Images and Lasting Labels
  • Chapter Six. In the Line of Sight at Public Eye: In Search of a Victim
  • Chapter Seven. Trauma Talk in Feminist Clinical Practice
  • Chapter Eight. Victims, Backlash, and Radical Feminist Theory (or, The Morning after They Stole Feminism’s Fire)
  • Index