The politics of survivorship
Subtitle: incest, women's literature, and feminist theory
By: Rosaria Champagne.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Incest in literature; Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Adult child sexual abuse victims in literature; Feminist fiction -- History and criticism; Psychoanalysis and literature -- English-speaking countries; Patriarchy in literature
Description: In The Politics of Survivorship, Champagne explores a range of cultural representations of incest, from the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, to mother-daughter incest in contemporary true crime novels, to Oprah Winfrey's television special Scared Silent, in order to examine expressions of survivorship. In the process, Champagne attempts to level the disparity and the hierarchy of value among theory, literature, popular culture, and social movements.

Champagne makes a powerful argument that community and academic feminists should embrace survivorship as a potential site of feminist political intervention into patriarchy and heterosexism. She concludes with a critical look at the way in which the False Memory Syndrome Foundation has conducted an antifeminist campaign against incest survivors and their therapists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-233) and index.