Survivor Rhetoric
Subtitle: Negotiations And Narrativity In Abused Women's Language
Contributors: Christine Shearer-Creaman (Editor); Carol L. Winkelmann (Editor)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: January 2, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780802086419
Subjects: Domestic violence; Rhetoric; Language; Social Science; Sociology; Social Work; Sexual abuse victims; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Abused women; Public opinion
First sentence: Child sexual abuse is a prevalent and devastating form of sexual violence against females (e.g., Briere; Finkelhor et al.; Kendall-Tackett, Williams, and Finkelhor; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services).