The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotions, Social Movements, and the State

The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse: Emotions, Social Movements, and the State

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-304

  Whittier, Nancy ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Emotion; Feminism; Gender; Identity; Public policy; Self help; Social movements; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921609778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195325102.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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