Judging Victims : : Why we Stigmatize Survivors, and How They Reclaim Respect / / Jennifer L. Dunn.
“Why didn’t she resist?” “Why is he telling us only now?” “Why can’t she move on?” Unpacking the questions that cast victims as deviants, Jennifer Dunn critically examines why we stigmatize survivors of rape, battering, incest, and clergy abuse—and how they reclaim their identities. Dunn explores th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social Problems, Social Constructions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Vocabularies of Victimization: Sympathy, Agency, and Identity
- 2 Survivor Movements Then and Now
- 3 The Antirape Movement and Blameworthy Victims
- 4 The Battered Women’s Movement and Blameless Victims
- 5 “Backlash” and Pathetic Victims
- 6 Survivors of Clergy Abuse and Admirable Victims
- 7 The Vanguard of Victimology: Survivors, Identity Work, and Cultural Change
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book