The cult of true victimhood
Subtitle: from the war on welfare to the war on terror
By: Alyson M. Cole.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780804754606; 9780804754613
Subjects: Political culture -- United States.; Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- United States.; Victims -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Situating anti-victim discourse; value: Shaming the victim : the anti-victimist campaign; value: Victims on a pedestal : anti-'victim feminism' & women's oppression; value: Blue Lester : two faces of victimhood; value: Therapeutics of blame : blaming victims & victims as blamers; value: 9-1-1 : the nation as victim.