Rethinking agency in memory: Space and embodiment in memories of child sexual abuse

Journal of Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-21

  Reavey, Paula ^a   Brown, Steven D ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Embodiment; Relational; Social remembering; Space; Transformative

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947368526     PISSN: 02650533     EISSN: 14653885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02650530601173508     Document Type: Article

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