The politics and experience of ritual abuse : beyond disbelief / Sara Scott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2001.Description: 224 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0335204201 (hbk.)
  • 0335204198 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.76 SCO 21
Contents:
1. Child sexual abuse: the shaping of a social problem -- 2. Unreliable witnesses: memories and moral panic -- 3. The nature of the beast: pornography, prostitution and everyday life -- 4. The flesh and the word: beliefs and believing in ritual abuse -- 5. The gender of horror -- 6. Making death meaningful -- 7. Composing the self.
Review: "The Politics and Experience of Ritual Abuse has been written for anyone interested in the specific controversy over ritual abuse, including students and researchers in criminology, social work, sociology and women's studies."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-216) and index.

1. Child sexual abuse: the shaping of a social problem -- 2. Unreliable witnesses: memories and moral panic -- 3. The nature of the beast: pornography, prostitution and everyday life -- 4. The flesh and the word: beliefs and believing in ritual abuse -- 5. The gender of horror -- 6. Making death meaningful -- 7. Composing the self.

"The Politics and Experience of Ritual Abuse has been written for anyone interested in the specific controversy over ritual abuse, including students and researchers in criminology, social work, sociology and women's studies."--BOOK JACKET.

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