J. Woodiwiss

Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Located within a burgeoning therapeutic/self-help culture this book explores stories of childhood sexual abuse, 'recovered memories' and multiple personalities, and explodes the myths surrounding women who, without memories, redefine themselves as victims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230245150
• Artikelnr.: 45964401

Autorenporträt

JO WOODIWISS is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Huddersfield, UK, and a feminist activist. She has worked in the field of sexual violence and abuse for over a decade. She has published widely on childhood sexual abuse in relation to women's narratives, adult victims, and recovered memories.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction A Story for Our Time Beyond the Recovered Memory Wars Choosing a Story: Making Sense/Finding Evidence Making Contact: Knowledge and the Inner Child Life with the Inner Child Problems with the Children The Contradictory Self Healing and Growing Up 'Compulsory Sexuality': Sexing the Story of Childhood Sexual Abuse A Role for the Storytellers Bibliography