| The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women, Revised Edition Rev Edition Contributor(s): Russell, Diana Eh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465075967 ISBN-13: 9780465075966 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $26.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1987 Annotation: The Secret Trauma remains the definitive study of the overwhelming prevalence of incestuous abuse in American families. Basing her findings on her large-scale study, Diana E. H. Russell makes a persuasive case for an epidemic of abuse on a national scale. The Secret Trauma is a nuanced and sophisticated analysis of the complex variables of incestuous abuse: the changing incidence of abuse over time; the severity of the abuse; the victim's age; factors of class, race, and ethnicity, and long-term effects on victims. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Family & Relationships |
| Dewey: 306.877 |
| LCCN: 85043107 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.14" W x 9.19" (1.40 lbs) 472 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Secret Trauma remains the definitive argument for the overwhelming prevalence of incestuous abuse. Based on findings about San Francisco, the book makes a persuasive case for an epidemic of abuse on a national scale. In her nuanced and sophisticated analysis, Russell carefully explores the complex variables of incestuous abuse: the changing incidence of abuse over time, the severity of th abuse, the victim's age, factors of class, race, and ethnicity, and long term effects on victims.In a new introduction to the revised edition, Russell takes on the most important issue to arise in the field since the book was originally published in 1986: the serious backlash that followed the outpouring of reports by victims/survivors, and the controversy over false accusations and "false memories." |