Accounts of Innocence: Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self by Joseph E. Davis (En

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Since a new sensitivity and orientation to victims of injustice arose in the 1960s, categories of victimization have proliferated. Large numbers of people are now characterized and characterize themselves as sufferers of psychological injury caused by the actions of others. In contrast with the familiar critiques of victim culture, "Accounts of Innocence" offers a new and empirically rich perspective on the question of why we now place such psychological significance on victimization in people's lives.Focusing on the case of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Joseph E. Davis shows how the idea of innocence shaped the emergence of trauma psychology and continues to inform accounts of the past (and hopes for the future) in therapy with survivor clients. His findings shed new light on the ongoing debate over recovered memories of abuse. They challenge the notion that victim accounts are an evasion of personal responsibility. And they suggest important ways in which trauma psychology has had unintended and negative consequences for how victims see themselves and for how others relate to them.An important intervention in the study of victimization in our culture, "Accounts of Innocence" will interest scholars of clinical psychology, social work, and sociology, as well as therapists and victim activists.

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Since a new sensitivity and orientation to victims of injustice arose in the 1960s, categories of victimization have proliferated. Large numbers of people are now characterized and characterize themselves as sufferers of psychological injury caused by the actions of others. In contrast with the familiar critiques of victim culture, Accounts of Innocence offers a new and empirically rich perspective on the question of why we now place such psychological significance on victimization in people's lives.Focusing on the case of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Joseph E. Davis shows how the idea of innocence shaped the emergence of trauma psychology and continues to inform accounts of the past (and hopes for the future) in therapy with survivor clients. His findings shed new light on the ongoing debate over recovered memories of abuse. They challenge the notion that victim accounts are an evasion of personal responsibility. And they suggest important ways in which trauma psychology has had unintended and negative consequences for how victims see themselves and for how others relate to them.An important intervention in the study of victimization in our culture, Accounts of Innocence will interest scholars of clinical psychology, social work, and sociology, as well as therapists and victim activists.

Author Biography

Joseph E. Davis is research assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part One - Defining a New System of Meanings 1. Incest and Sexual Offenses before the Social Discovery of Sexual Abuse 2. Constructing Sexual Abuse 1: Family Therapy and the Child Protection Movement 3. Constructing Sexual Abuse 2: The Antirape Movement and Victim Activists 4. Interpreting Abuse: From Collective Story to Psychological Trauma Model Part Two - Defining Client Experience 5. Therapeutic Rationale and Therapeutic Persuasion 6. The Victimization Account 7. From Victim to Survivor and Beyond Part Three - Victimization and the Self 8. Memory Wars 9. Accounts of Innocence Methodological Appendix Notes References Index

Details ISBN0226137813 Author Joseph E. Davis Pages 312 Language English ISBN-10 0226137813 ISBN-13 9780226137810 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2005 Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Short Title ACCOUNTS OF INNOCENCE Residence US Illustrations , black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780226137810 AU Release Date 2005-01-08 NZ Release Date 2005-01-08 Subtitle Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self UK Release Date 2005-01-01 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Publication Date 2005-01-01 DEWEY 616.858369 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2005-01-01 We've got this

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