The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse Emotion, Social Movements, and the State

by Whittier, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780195325102
• ISBN10: 0195325109
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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 obseres and explains the ways in which activists influence society. Whittier is the first to provide a comprehensive picture of how the movement emerged as a fringe movement, entered the mainstrean, and ultimatelty had a profound effect on the political and cultural landscape.

Author Biography

BNancy Whittier is Associate Professor of Sociology at Smith College

Table of Contents

Acronyms	p. xi
Introduction	p. 3
From Rare Perversion to Patriarchal Crime: Feminist Challenges to Knowledge about Incest in the 1970s	p. 21
The Politics of the "Therapeutic Turn": Self-Help and Internalized Oppression	p. 40
Social Services, Social Control, and Social Change: The State and Public Policy in the 1970s and 1980s	p. 70
Going Mainstream: Self-Help Activism During the 1980s	p. 95
Diffusion and Dilution: Mass Culture Discovers Child Sexual Abuse	p. 111
Turning Tides: Countermovement Organizing, "False Memory Syndrome," and the Struggle over Scientific Knowledge	p. 133
The Politics of Visibility: Coming Out, Activist Art, and Emotional Change	p. 167
The Paradoxical Consequences of Success	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 208
Notes	p. 215
References	p. 237
Index	p. 253
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