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: 2007
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Political culture -- United States; Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- United States; Victims -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-231) and index
Table of contents: title: Situating anti-victim discourse; title: Shaming the victim : the anti-victimist campaign; title: Victims on a pedestal : anti-"victim feminism" and women's oppression; title: Blue Lester : two faces of victimhood; title: Therapeutics of blame : blaming victims and victims as blamers; title: 9-1-1 : the nation as victim