By taking a look at the vast transformation in the movement against child sexual abuse that took place from the 1970s until now, Nancy Whittier obseres and explains the ways in which activists influence society. Whittier is the first to provide a comprehensive picture of how the movement emerged as a fringe movement, entered the mainstrean, and ultimatelty had a profound effect on the political and cultural landscape.
Nancy Whittier is Associate Professor of Sociology at Smith College She is the author of Feminist Generations and co-editor of Feminist Frontiers and Social Movements: Identity, Culture, and the State.
INTRODUCTION; AND INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION
The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse offers a significant contribution to understanding the ongoing public issue of sexual abuse that will be of interest to a wide readership, and particularly to scholars of political culture, gender and sexuality, and social movement theory.