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 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780802089731
Subjects: Domestic violence; Rhetoric; Language; Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Social Work; Sexual abuse victims; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; 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).