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The Secret Trauma: Incest In The Lives Of Girls And Women

Diana E.H. Russell

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The Secret Trauma remains the definitive argument for the overwhelming prevalence of incestuous abuse. Based on findings about San Francisco, the book makes a persuasive case for an epidemic of abuse on a national scale. In her nuanced and sophisticated analysis, Russell carefully explores the complex variables of incestuous abuse: the changing incidence of abuse over time, the severity of th abuse, the victim’s age, factors of class, race, and ethnicity, and long term effects on victims.In a new introduction to the revised edition, Russell takes on the most important issue to arise in the field since the book was originally published in 1986: the serious backlash that followed the outpouring of reports by victims/survivors, and the controversy over false accusations and “false memories.”

Language: English

Pages: 472

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Basic Books

Release: October 29, 1987

ISBN: 0465075967

ISBN 13: 9780465075966

The Secret Trauma: Incest In The Lives Of Girls And Women

Diana E.H. Russell

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Secret Trauma remains the definitive argument for the overwhelming prevalence of incestuous abuse. Based on findings about San Francisco, the book makes a persuasive case for an epidemic of abuse on a national scale. In her nuanced and sophisticated analysis, Russell carefully explores the complex variables of incestuous abuse: the changing incidence of abuse over time, the severity of th abuse, the victim’s age, factors of class, race, and ethnicity, and long term effects on victims.In a new introduction to the revised edition, Russell takes on the most important issue to arise in the field since the book was originally published in 1986: the serious backlash that followed the outpouring of reports by victims/survivors, and the controversy over false accusations and “false memories.”

Language: English

Pages: 472

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Basic Books

Release: October 29, 1987

ISBN: 0465075967

ISBN 13: 9780465075966

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