New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle with the Concept

by Sharon Lamb

Book Overview

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 an invention of whining college students. At the opposite extreme, others contend that women who experience abuse are "survivors" likely destined to be psychically wounded for life.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814751539
• ISBN13: 9780814751534
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"